of the Ethiopian Region. 445 



Campethera gabonensis, Cassin, Proc. Acad. Pliilad. 1863, 

 p. 326; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 79 (1868); id. 

 Hand-1. B. ii. p. 192. no. 8690 (1870). 



Adult male. Above, including scapulars and wing-coverts, 

 uniform bright green; quills dusky black, the outer webs 

 edged witb or entirely bright green, those of the primaries 

 with not more than tbree longitudinal markings of pale 

 brown, the inner webs notched or spotted with white ; shafts 

 dark brown ; upper tail-coverts uniform and of the same 

 colour as the back ; tail dusky black, faintly barred with 

 greenish ; shafts rich brown ; forehead greenish ; crown and 

 occipital crest scarlet, the bases of the feathers dusky ; lores, 

 ear-coverts, and entire side of the face greenish white, striped 

 with black ; a short and narrow black moustache ; chin and 

 throat white, spotted with black ; entire under parts light 

 greenish yellow, the centres of the feathers being deep olive- 

 black and giving a spotted appearance, these markings upon 

 the thighs and flanks assuming the character of bars ; under 

 tail-coverts rather yellower than the under surface of the 

 body, and having a subterrainal baud of dusky olive ; under 

 wing-coverts greenish white, Imrred with dusky ; axillaries 

 white, with dusky spots. Total length 5'0 inches, culmen 

 0'8, wing 3'1, tail 1'55, tarsus 0'57 ; toes (without claws) — 

 outer anterior 0*42, outer posterior 0*5, inner anterior 035, 

 inner posterior 0*2. 



Female. '' Forehead and the whole of the top of the head 

 dark brown, slightly washed with olive ; back and rump of a 

 duller tint ; underparts of a greener colour ; the stripe on 

 each side on the cheeks less marked."^ [Malherbe.) 



The description of the male is taken from a specimen in 

 the British Museum. I have also an adult male in my 

 own collection ; but I have not yet seen a specimen of the 

 female, and therefore quote the description given by Mal- 

 herbe. This species appears to be confined to Gaboon. 



12. Dendropicus ltjgubris. (Plate XII. fig. 2.) 

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

 Campethera gabonensis (nee Verr.), Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 



