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b. SCOLECOTHERES. 



9. DENDROPICUS MENSTRUUS. The Cape Woodpecker. 



Picus menstruus, Scol. Del. Fl. et Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 89. 



Picus griseocephalus, Bodd. Tabl. des PI. Enl. p. 49. 



Picus capensis, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 430 ; PI Enl. 786. f. 2. 



Picus manillensis, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 434. 



Picus caniceps, Wagl. Syst. Av. 



Picus obscurus, Wagl. Syst. Av. 



Dendrobates griseocephalus, G. R. Gr. Gen. of B. ii. p. 437. 



Dendrobates capensis, Sw. B. of W. Afr. ii. p. 154. 



Mesopicus capensis, lip. Ateneo Ital. 1854, p. ; Malh. Monogr. 



des Pic. ii. p. 42, t. 62. f. 7, 8. 



Chrysocolaptes menstruus, G. R. Gr. Gen. of B. iii. App. p. 21. 

 Scolecotheres capensis, Reichb. 

 Scolecotheres menstruus, Cab. fy H. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 134. 



a-c. Cape of Good Hope, males and female. 



d. Cape of Good Hope, female. Presented by M.-Gen. 



Hardwicke. 



e. Cape of Good Hope. From the South African Museum. 

 /. South Africa. Presented by the Hon. East-India Com- 

 pany. 



10. DENDROPICUS IMMACULATUS. The Unspotted Woodpecker. 



Dendrobates immaculatus, Sw. B. of W. Afr. ii. p. 152. 

 Mesopicus goertan, J , Bp. Ateneo Ital. (1854) p. 

 Scolecotheres immaculatus, Reichb. Handb. Spec. Orn. p. 428. 

 Dendropicus (Mesopicus) immaculatus, Hartl. Syst. Orn. West 



Afr. p. 180. 



Mesopicus immaculatus, Malh. Monogr. des Pic. ii. p. 47. 

 ? Scolecotheres immaculatus, Cab. fy II. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 135. 

 Picus menstruus, p. ?, Sundev. Consp. Pic. p. 45. 

 Mesopicus griseocephalus (juv. $ ), Cass. Journ. Ac. Phil. (1863) 



p. 324. 



Hab. West Africa. 



11. DENDROPICUSGOERTJE. The Crimson-rumped Woodpecker. 



Picus goertse, Mull. Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 91. 

 Picus goertan, Gmel S. N. i. p. 434 ; PI. Enl. 320. 

 Picus poliocephalus, Cuv., Wagl. Syst. Av. 

 Dendrobates poicephalus, Sw. B. of W. Afr. ii. p. 154. 

 Dendrobates poliocephalus, G. R. Gr. Gen. of B. ii. p. 437. 



