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occiput scarlet^ but less bright than in the adult ; bases of 

 the feathers dusky black; lores^ superciliary stripe, and sides 

 of the face and neck dull white, striped with brownish dusky ; 

 chin and throat white ; moustachial stripe dusky brown ; 

 from the fore neck to the under tail-coverts, inclusive, dull 

 white, striped with black or dusky, the striations on the chest 

 and breast darker and more clearly defined, the flanks having 

 dusky barring ; under surface of the tail without the bright 

 golden wash of the adult, the tips, however, being pale 

 yellow ; under wing-coverts white, spotted with black ; axil- 

 laries white, slightly edged with blackish at the tips. 



Nestling [male). In general plumage resembling the adult, 

 but having the forehead more dusky and spotted with grey- 

 ish ; the occipital feathers less tipped with red ; nape dusky 

 black, with an olive tinge ; the barring on the back almost 

 pure white ; upper tail-coverts tinged with red ; face and 

 neck having more numerous dusky stripes. 



Adult female. Resembling the male, but without the scarlet 

 on the posterior portion of the crown and occiput, these parts 

 being dull brown ; under tail-coverts barred with dusky. 

 Total length 5*8 inches, culmen 0'75, wing 3'4, tail 1'8, 

 tarsus 0*6. 



Younger female. Differing from the more fully adult 

 female in having the forehead and crown darker ; the dark 

 barring on the back and quills deeper olive ; the wing- 

 coverts darker ; underparts paler yellow, and the striations 

 blacker. 



Malherbe, in his Monograph, observes that he bestowed 

 the name of Dendropicus zanzihari upon an unnamed bird in 

 the collection of Prince d^Essling in Paris, and which had been 

 obtained at Zanzibar ; and although he subsequently cancels 

 the name, still his comparison of the bird with his D. hart- 

 lauhi is sufficient to compel me to adopt the former name. 

 The Zanzibar bird may readily be distinguished from its 

 southern ally by its smaller size, the brighter yellow tinge of 

 all the under surface of the body, and the very narrow stria- 

 tions, and also in having the nape more olive — these dif- 

 ferences being so apparent that I think it is fully entitled 

 to subspecific rank. 



