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CRIMSON-RUMPED WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus Goer tan.) 



P. supra griseo juscus, subtus griseo-Jlaxiicans, 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. — Buff. PL 

 Enl. 320. 



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



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. 



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