of the Ethiopian Region. 463 



occipital crest alone being scarlet ; malar stripe without red, 

 the feathers being- of the same colour as the throat, but 

 barred and spotted with black ; "iris hazel ■'^ (7". C. Atmore). 

 Total length S'l inches, culmen 0-97, wing 4*25, tail 3-0, 

 tarsus 0*8. 



This species is found from the Knysna district, in the 

 Cape Colony, as far as the eastern districts, such as the 

 neighbourhood of Grahamstown &c. and the Transkei. It 

 does not seem to range either into Natal or the Transvaal. 



6. Campothera punctata. 



Picus nubicus, Licht. (nee Gm.) Vcrz. Doubl. p. 11 (1823). 



Picus punctatus, Valenc. Diet. Sc, Nat, xl. p. 171 (1826) ; 

 Less. Traite, p. 219 (1831) ; Riipp. Neue Wirb. Vog. 1835- 

 1840, p. 90; Pucher. Rev. et IMag. Zool. 1852, p. 478; Sun- 

 dev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. Q7 (1866). 



Picus pimctulifferuSj Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 36 (1827) ; id. 

 Isis, 1829, p. 512. 



Picus punctulatus, Drap. Diet. Class. Hist. Nat. xiii. p. 505 

 (1828). 



Dendromus punctatus, Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 163 (1837). 



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

 Reichenb. Handb. Scans. Picinse, p. 423, pi. dclxxiii. figs. 

 4455, 4456 (1854); Cass. Proc. Acad. Philad. 1863, p. 327. 



Dendrobates punctuligei'us, Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 123 

 (1850) ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 198. 



Dendromus punctidigerus, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 9 

 (1854) ; Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 180 (1857). 



Chrysopicus punctuligerus, Malh. Monogr. Picid. ii. p. 164, 

 pi. xcii. figs. 4-6 (1862). 



Tpagrus punctatus, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 124 

 (1863). 



Campethera punctata, Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 82 

 (1868); id. Hand-1. B. ii. p.'l93. no. 8699 (1870) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Afr. B. p. 17 (1871); id. Ibis, 1872, p. 68. 



Campothera punctata, Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 394 

 (1882). 



Adult male. Above, including scapulars and rump, yel- 



SER. V. VOL. I. 2 k 



