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Dendromus obsoletus, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 9 

 (1854). 

 Dendrobates obsoletus, Hartl. J. f. O. 1854^ p. 199. 

 Dendropicus obsoletus, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 178 (1857); 

 Malh. Monogr. Picid. i. p. 206, pi. xlv. figs. 1-2 (1861) ; 

 Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 263 ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 69 (1868); id. Hand-1. B. ii. p. 190. no. 8662 (1870). 



Ipophilus obsoletus, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 113 

 (1863). 



Ipophilus murinus, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 113, 

 note (1863). 



Picus hedenborgi, Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 31 (1866). 

 Dendropicus murinus, Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 69 

 (1868) ; id. Hand-1. B. ii. p. 190. no. 8663 (1870). 



Adidt male. Back uniform umber-brown ; scapulars 

 darker brown, the median and greater series spotted with 

 white ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts uniform brown ; 

 quills dark brown, spotted with white upon both webs, shafts 

 yellowish brown ; rump and upper tail-coverts pale uraber- 

 brown, with bar-like spots of white; tail blackish brown, 

 the feathers deeply indented with white upon both webs, and 

 having a banned appearance, shafts yellowish brown ; nasal 

 plumes, forehead, crown, and hind neck light umber-brown ; 

 a scarlet occipital band ; auricular and moustachial stripes 

 umber-brown, the latter extending as far as the side of the 

 chest ; sides of the face and neck, as well as a stripe from 

 above the posterior part of the eye, and another from the 

 gape passing under the ear-coverts, white ; from the chin to 

 the under tail-coverts, inclusive, white; the breast, sides of 

 the body, and abdomen with very faint brown striations ; 

 the under tail-coverts also striped, but with a darker brown; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries white, the former having 

 bar-like spots of brown. Total length 5*0 inches, culmen 

 0*7, wing 3*0, tail 1*43, tarsus 0*55; toes (without claws) — 

 outer anterior 0'38, outer posterior 0*43, inner anterior 0*3, 

 inner posterior 0"2. 



Adult female. Different from the adult male in wanting 

 the scarlet occipital band, the occiput being uniform in colour 



