460 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Woodpeckers 



crown tipped with a rounded white spot, the remaining 

 visible portion black ; occipital crest crimson ; nape black ; 

 lores, superciliary stripe, and sides of the face and neck 

 yellowish white, the neck barred with blackish; from the 

 base of the upper mandible, passing under the eye and 

 including the greater part of the ear-coverts, a patch of dark 

 chocolate-brown, this colour continued down the side of the 

 neck in a series of spots ; chin and throat deep chocolate- 

 brown ; from the fore neck to the under tail-coverts inclusive 

 pale yellow, bright golden on the chest, the feathers of the 

 latter with faint narrow dusky barring ; under surface of the 

 tail and tail-shafts golden ; under wing-coverts pale yellowish, 

 varied with dusky spots ; axillaries white ; underside of quill- 

 shafts golden yellow; "bill brown slate-colour; iris claret- 

 coloured; legs and toes lead-coloured ^•' {Andersson). Total 

 length 8*5 inches, culmen 1"15, wing 5*0, tail 3*2, tarsus 095 ; 

 toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0*7, outer posterior 0-63, 

 inner anterior 0*55, inner posterior 0"35. 



Female [evidently younger than the above) . Differs in having 

 the yellow bars upon the back broader, the wing- coverts 

 more barred ; outer webs of primaries tipped with white ; 

 some of the upper tail-coverts having the spots in pairs, with 

 one near the tip, the others being barred with brown ; tail 

 with scarcely any trace of barring; the crown-spots less 

 white, oval, and not forming such a broad terminal patch; 

 lores and sides of the face and neck not so white, the flanks 

 and thighs more spotted with black ; the chest having less of 

 the bright golden wash ; under tail-coverts with a few minute 

 black shaft-spots ; under surface of the tail less golden and 

 the barring scarcely perceptible; '^iris rose-colour^^ {An- 

 chieta). Measurements rather less than the adult female 

 described. 



Adult male. Differing from the adult female in having the 

 lores, side of the face, chin, and throat uniform yellowish 

 white ; the forehead, crown, and occiput, also a broad malar 

 stripe, crimson. 



The present species appears to be strictly confined to 

 South-western Africa, and to be by no means uncommon at 



