446 Mr. E, Hargitt on the Woodpeckers 



p. 17. no. 156 (1871); id. Ibis, 1872, p. 68; Shelley & 

 Buckley, torn. cit. p. 287. 



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

 uniform golden olive; bastard-wing and primary-coverts 

 olive ; quills blackisli brown, tbe outer webs partially or 

 entirely golden olive, those of the primaries being spotted 

 with buffy white ; inner webs of all spotted with pure white ; 

 some of the inner feathers entirely golden olive ; shafts 

 brown ; rump golden olive, the feathers having brighter yel- 

 lowish tips ; upper tail-coverts of a duller olive than the 

 rump ; tail blackish brown, the basal portion of the feathers 

 margined with olive, the penultimate one narrowly edged 

 with brownish white and, together with the next inner 

 feather, spotted with the same on the inner webs; dwarf 

 feather brown ; shafts dark brown ; nasal plumes brown ; 

 forehead and crown olive-brown ; occiput scarlet, the tips of 

 the feathers being of this colour, the remaining portion olive ; 

 hind neck dull olive, the bases of the feathers whitish ; lores 

 and side of the face dingy yellowish white ; side of the neck 

 yellowish, striped with olive ; ear-coverts and a broad mous- 

 tachial stripe olive-brown ; chin and throat white, spotted 

 with olive-brown; entire underparts, including under tail- 

 coverts, sulphur-yellow, broadly streaked with deep olive ; 

 the thighs barred with the same ; under wing-coverts yel- 

 lowish white, spotted with olive-black ; axillaries yellowish 

 white, with blackish spots. Total length 5*3 inches, culmen 

 0*75, wing 3'2, tail 1*45, tarsus 0*58; toes (without claws) — 

 outer anterior 0*42, outer posterior 0*5, inner anterior 0'35, 

 inner posterior 0'25. 



Adult female. Differing from the adult male in the absence 

 of red upon the occiput, the latter, as well as the forehead 

 and crown, being brown. Total length 5*2 inches, culmen 

 0*75, wing 3*2, tail 1*45, tarsus 0'6. 



Young. Different from the adult in having the feathers of 

 the entire crown and occiput olive-brown, tipped with dull 

 scarlet, their bases being dark leaden grey ; the quills and 

 their shafts, likewise the tail-feathers and shafts, less black ; 

 and the plumage generally not so bright in colour. 



