236 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA, 



wings long and pointed, with the second, third, and fourth 

 quills nearly equal and longest; tail moderate, graduated, 

 and rigid ; tarsi shorter than the outer anterior toe ; toes 

 unequal, and the outer posterior one generally longer than 

 the anterior ; the hind toe short and slender ; the claws 

 long, compressed, and much arched. 



470. Dendrobates Griseocephalus, Bodd, 



PI. Enl. 786, f. 2 ; Picus Capensis, Gmel. ; P. Cani- 

 ceps, Wagl. ; Swain., Nat. Lib., Vol. 8, p. 154; Le 

 Pic Olive, Le Vail., Nos. 248, 249. 



GENERAL colour above, rich olive-yellow ; crown of head, 

 rump, and upper tail- coverts, brilliant crimson ; sides of 

 head and under parts cinereous. The female resembles the 

 male in all except the crimson crown, which in the former is 

 cinereous. Length, 7" 6"' ; wing, 4" 6'" ; tail, 3". 



Not uncommon in all wooded parts of the colony. Many hav e 

 been sent me from Constantia and "Rondebosch. Le Vaillant states 

 that it breeds in holes of trees, and lays four white eggs. Found 

 also in Natal. (Ayres.) 



471. Dendrobates Namaquus, Licht, Cat. 



Dupl. Berl. Mus., p. 1 7 ; Picus Mystaceus, Vieil. ; P. 

 Diophrys, Steph. ; P. Biarmicus, Cuv. ; Le Pic A 

 Double Moustache, Le Vail., Nos. 251, 252. 



UPPER parts, dull-green, barred with dirty-yellow ; forehead 

 black, each feather tipped with white ; top of head crimson in 

 the male (black in female) ; back, black; cheek, chin, and 

 throat, white, crossed by two black lines, one passing over the 

 ear from the corner of the eye, the other extending from the 

 base of the lower mandible to the shoulders ; under parts 

 greenish-grey, faintly barred with dirty- yellow ; shafts of 

 wing and tail feathers, yellow, as are also the tips and under- 

 side of the latter, and the upper coverts. Length, 8" 6'" ; 

 wing, 5"; tail, 3" 6'". 



Le Vaillant states he found this species in Kaffraria, and that it lays 

 four white eggs. I have never received it from any of my corres- 

 pondents, except Mr. F. Green, who procured it in Damaraland. Mr. 

 Andersson also obtained it there in some plenty. 



