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CRIMSON-HUMPED WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus Goertan.) 



P. supra griseofuscus, subtus griseo-flavicans, vertice uropygioque 



coccineis. 

 Woodpecker above of a grey brown ; beneath greyish yellow ; 



crown and rump crimson. 

 Picus Goertan. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 434. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



236. 32. 

 Pic Goertan du Senegal. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 725.-~Buf. PL 



EnL 320. 

 Crimson-rumped Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 583. 29. 



THIS species, which is known at Senegal by the 

 name Goertan> is much smaller than P. viridis : 

 the beak is lead-coloured : the crown crimson : 

 upper parts of the body grey brown with a green 

 tinge, spotted on the wings with dirty white : 

 under parts dirty yellow: rump red: legs lead- 

 coloured. 



