piciD^. 163 



greyish-white : quills darker and immaculate near the 

 tips, the fourth largest, shafts of all golden yellow : 

 rump white : body beneath grey, with brown un- 

 shaped lines, pointing downwards, two on each fea- 

 ther : upper and under tail-coverts banded brown and 

 whitish : tail four inches and a half long, black ; the 

 two middle feathers partially banded with dirty yel- 

 low ; the two outermost pairs the same on the inner 

 web J the shafts of the last golden in the middle : 

 legs obscure olivp. 



Sp. 17. Pi. miautus. Temm. PL Col. 197./ 2. 



Pi. cristatus, supra fw&co isabellino transvershn Jasciatus, injrd, 

 albo Jusco maculatus ; crista, occijjite, uropygioque riifo-cinna- 

 barinis; fronte pileoque habellinis, remigium rectriciumqiie 

 rachidibus aureo-Jiavis. 



Crested Woodpecker, above transversely banded with brown and 

 isabella-colour, beneath white spotted with brown; the crest, 

 occiput, and rump cinnabar red; the forehead and pileus isabella- 

 colour; the shafts of the quills and the tail-feathers golden- 

 yellow. 



Inhabits Senegal. Length four inches and a 

 half: the male has the occiput and the rump of a 

 vermilion-red : the forehead and the top of the head 

 are isabella-colour : the back and wing-coverts are 

 regularly banded with transverse stripes of brown 

 and isabella-colour : the feathers of the wings and 

 tail have golden-coloured shafts, with their webs 

 brown varied with spots of isabella-colour, forming 

 interrupted bands : at the base of the beak is a kind 

 of brown whisker : all the under parts of the body 

 are dull white, marked with spots more or less rounded 

 on the top of each feather : the beak is brown, straight. 



