of the Ethiopian Region. 451 



b. Shafts of quills and of rectrices black above, yellow be- 

 low ; no red malar stripe. 

 d^. Under surface barred across. 

 g"^. Larger : length 6'7 inches, wing 4-0, bill 075. 



Under wing-coverts uniform maculosa. 



h^. Smaller: length 6-0 inches, wing 3-7, bill 0-65. 

 Under wing-coverts spotted and barred with 



black permista. 



«'. Under surface not barred, but distinctly mottled with 



pale spots. 



iK Forehead, crown, and occiput red ; on the side of 



the face, including the ear-coverts and extending 



onto the side of the neck, a broad rufous-brown 



patch caroli. 



k^. Forehead and crown olive-brown, occiput only 



red ; no rufous patch on the face and neck .... nivosa. 



1. Campothera nubica. 



L'Epeiche cle Nubie onde et tachete, BuflP. Hist. Nat. Ois. 

 vii. p. m (1780). 



Pic tachete de Nubie, Daub. PI. Enl. vii. pi. dclxvii. 



Nubian Woodpecker, Lath. Geu. Syii. uo. 23, vol. i. pt. 2, 

 p. 576 (1782). 



Picus nubicus, Gm. Syst. Nat. p. 439 (1788), female; 

 Lath. Ind. Om. i. p. 233 (1790) ; Steph. Gen. Zool. ix. pt. 1, 

 p. 180 (1815) ; Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 11 (1823, pt.) ; Bonn. 

 & Vieill. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1313 (1823, pt.) ; Sundev. Consp. 

 Av. Picm. p. 67 (1866); Blanf. Geol. and Zool. Abyss. 

 p. 305 (1870) ; Finsch, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 283. no. 160 (1870) ; 

 Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 508 (1870) ; Heagl. Orn. 

 N.O.-Afr. p. 881 (1871). 



Picus (Bthiopicus, Hempr. & Ehrenb. Symb. Phys. i. £ol. 2, 

 p. 2 (1828), female ; Riipp. Neue Wirb. Vog. p. 59 (1835) ; 

 Dresser & Blanf. Ibis, J 874, p. 336. 



Picus notatus (pt,), Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 35 (1829). 



Dendromus (Bthiopicus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. 1845, p. 90, 

 pl.xxxvi.; Vierth. Naum. 1852, p. 46; Brehm, J. f . O. 1855, 

 p. 481 ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 1856, no. 487, p. 47; id. J. f. O. 

 1862, p. 37. 



Campethera nubica, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 439 (1846) ; 

 Reichenb. Handb. Scans. Picime, p. 423 (1851); Gray, List 



