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APPENDIX IV. 
No. 12. Picus Abyssinicus. Abyssinian Woodpecker. 
Length bareh^ six inches. Size rather above that of P. nninor. Bill blackish 
horn-colour from the tip to the gape, which reaches under the eyes, measur- 
ixig one inch ; but to the feathers of the front only five eighths. The forehead 
and face are a dingy olive brown, rather more inclined to whitish about the eyes 
and cheeks ; the crown of the head, and hind part of the neck, as far as the 
back, bright red, bounded on each side of the neck by a narrow white streak : 
the rump and upper tail coverts are also red, and the latter appear to hang 
low upon the tail : the lesser wing coverts and the back are yellowish 
olive, becoming nearly yellow towards the rump ; rest of the wing dingy 
olive brown obscurely barred with dusky, and spotted with dirty white 
along both margins ; these spots on some of the outer margins are yellow- 
ish, the exterior quill is nearly half an inch shorter than the third, or longest, 
and for one inch from the tip its outer margin is entirely plain, but all the 
quills have constantly one spot more on the inner than on the outer edge of 
the feather : the tail is barred above with olive white and dusky, but below 
the white becomes of a dingy yellowish colour, and the shafts both of the tail 
and quills are yellow, the former deepest in colour ; the two outer feathers 
of the tail on each side are rounded at the ends, the third nearly so, but the 
shaft a little prominent, and sharp ; the rest of the usual shape, and the 
middle feathers about half an inch longer than the outmost ; the whole 
under parts are of a dirty white, sometimes a little tinged with olive, 
and broadly streaked down the shaft of each feather. It has dusky legs, and 
dark claws, 
No. 15. Alaudo Chelicuti. — Chelicut Kingfisher. 
Length six inches and a half ; bill, from the tip to the gape, which is 
exactly under the eyes, one inch and three-eighths ; the upper mandible is 
reddish horn colour, the lower reddish at the base, with the point dusky: 
from the eyes to the nostrils is a narrow whitish line, above this the feathers 
are long, and rather of a loose texture, dusky brown edged with lighter, 
more particularly towards the front and above the eyes ; a collar of black, 
broadest at the nape, springs from behind the eye on each side, and entirely 
