434 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Woodpeckers 



(1854) ; Malh. Monogr. Picid. i. p. 199, pi. xliii. figs. 5, 6 

 (1861) ; Brelim, Habesch. pp. 221-336 (1863) ; Gray, List 

 Picid. Brit. Mus. 1868, p. 65 ; id. Haiid-1. B. ii. p. 189. 

 no. 8650 (1870); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 1871, p. 18; Heugl. 

 Orn. N.O.-Afr. iv. App. p. clxvi (1871). 



Campethera Jiempr'ichii, Eeichenb. Handb. Scans. Picinaj, 

 p. 424, pi. dclxxiv. figs. 4461, 4462 (1854). 



De7idrobates abyssinicus, Liclit. Nomencl. Av. 1854, p. 7Q. 



Dendromus hemprichii, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xxiv. p. 299 

 (1855) ; Speke, Ibis, 1860, p. 245 ; Sclat. Rep. Coll. Somali 

 Country, 1869, p. 11. 



Tpoctonus hemprichi, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 114 

 (1863). 



Adult male. Above dusky brown, barred with wbitisli ; 

 wing-coverts dusky brown, with a heart-shaped spot of white 

 near the tip ; quills dusky brown, the outer webs notched 

 with white, those of the primaries being washed with yellow^ 

 inner webs notched and spotted with white, the deep notches 

 producing a barred appearance on the innermost secondaries, 

 the shafts light golden yellow ; lower back and rump rather 

 yellower than the upper parts, and more narrowly barred with 

 dusky brown; upper tail-coverts yellowish, the tips being 

 blood-red; tail blackish brown, narrowly barred with pale 

 golden brown ; dwarf feather dusky brown, tipped and spotted 

 with white, the shafts bright golden yellow ; forehead light 

 umber-brown, the tips of the feathers being lighter and 

 having a mottled appearance ; the crown and occiput scarlet ; 

 nape blackish brown ; superciliary stripe white ; lores and 

 sides of the face and neck white, streaked and spotted with 

 brown ; a pale brown moustachial stripe ; chin, throat, and 

 fore neck white, the latter faintly streaked with brown ; the 

 underparts white, with a faint tinge of yellow, broadly 

 streaked on the chest and breast, and spotted upon the re- 

 mainder with dusky brown ; flanks and thighs barred with 

 brown; under tail-coverts of the same colour as the under 

 surface of the body, and having brown bars ; under surface 

 of the tail washed with pale golden yellow ; shafts golden 

 yellow ; under wing-coverts white, spotted with dusky brown. 



