of the Ethiopian Region. 433 



with the head and hind neck. Total length 5'0 inches^ cul- 

 men 07, wing 3-2, tail I'SS, tarsus O'S. 



A specimen in the British Museum^ an adult female^ has 

 a narroAv white collar on the hind neck ; but the bird exhibits 

 a tendency to albinism, being very pale in colour, and this 

 unusual marking appears to be purely accidental and not to 

 form a specific character. 



Although this Woodpecker bears the general aspect of an 

 lyngipicvs, its wing-formula is so different that we do not 

 think it can be properly placed in the latter genus ; but it is 

 tolerably certain that its changes of plumage are very similar 

 to those undergone by the members of the above-named 

 genus. Thus it will be seen, from the synonymy, that I 

 have united three species which have hitherto been held dis- 

 tinct by writers on Woodpeckers ; and although the series 

 which I have examined has not been very extensive, it has 

 feeen sufficient to show that the birds with striped under- 

 parts are only the young of the birds with the under surface 

 imiform. . 



Examples are in the British Museum from Senegambia ; 

 and it also occurs in North-eastern Africa, ranging from 

 Senaar through Kordofan as far south as Langomeri, whence 

 we have examined a specimen in Capt. Shelley's collection 

 obtained by Dr. Emin Bey. 



7. Dendropicus hemprichi. 



Picus hemprichii, Hempr. & Ehrenb. Syrab. Phys, Aves, 

 fol. r, p. 3 (1828); Rupp. Neue Wirb. Vog. 1835, p. 59; 

 Heugl. J. f. O. 1864, p. 253; Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. 

 p. 43. no. 126 (1866) ; Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 514 

 (1870); Blanf. Geol. & Zool. Abyss. 1870, p. 306; Finsch, 

 Tr. Z. S. 1870, p. 284; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 804 

 (1871) ; Dresser & Blanf. Ibis, 1874, p. 336. 



Dendrobates hemprichii, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. 1854, p. 88, 

 pi. xxxv. ; Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. 1850, p. 124; Heugl. Syst. 

 Uebers. 1856, p. 47 ; id. Ibis, 1859, p. 343 ; Bianc. Spec. 

 Zool. Mosamb. 1865, p. 327. 



Dendropicus hemprichii, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 9 



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