of the Ethiopian Region. 449 



Campethera ellioti, Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 83 

 (1868); id. Hand-1. B. ii. p. 193. no. 8703 (1870). 



Female {?). Wings rather long; first quill spurious, fifth 

 slightly longest ; tail long and wide ; head above black ; 

 entire upper parts of body and wings of yellowish olive- 

 green, with a golden tinge on the exposed surface of shorter 

 quills and with a reddish tinge on the upper tail-coverts ; 

 primaries brownish black, slightly edged with green on their 

 outer webs and having large spots of yellowish white on their 

 inner webs ; shafts of quills on their under surface yellowish 

 white ; tail brownish black, outer feathers with dull brownish- 

 white spots on their inner webs ; under surface of tail tinged 

 with pale greenish yellow ; superciliary line and cheeks dull 

 buff: throat and underparts of body greenish or yellowish 

 white, paler and nearly pure white on the throat, and darker 

 on the breast, and the entire underparts with longitudinal 

 stripes of brownish black, very narrow on the throat and 

 wider on the breast ; flanks and under tail-coverts with a 

 few irregular bands and sagittate spots of the same brownish 

 black ; bill light brownish, lower mandible and tip of upper 

 nearly white; feet probably light-coloured; under wing- 

 coverts light yellowish white, with black spots. Total length 

 about 7 inches, wing 3|, tail 3. {Cassin.) 



The type of this species is in the Academy Museum, Phi- 

 ladelphia, and is evidently a female. The specimen, which, 

 to the best of my knowledge, is unique, was obtained by 

 M. Duchaillu on the river Muni, Western Africa. Judging 

 by the plate and description given by Mr. Cassin, Journ. 

 Acad. Philad. v. p. 457 (1802-63), this bird cannot be mis- 

 taken for any other African Woodpecker. 



As I have never examined an individual of this species, I 

 am not able to say whether its structure allies it to Den- 

 dropicus or to Campothera. 



5. Campothera, 



Dendromus, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 307 Type. 



(1837) C. maculosa. 



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