. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 140 pioiD^ MESOPICUS itself is longer than the outer anterior one. Plumage never barred or spotted above. This genus contains eight species, only one of which is found within our limits ; all are confined to the Ethiopian region. 442. Mesopicus griseocephalus. Olive Wood-pecker. Picus griseocephalus, Bodd. Tahl. PI. En. p. 49 (1783). Picus menstruus. Scop. Del. Fl. et Faun. Insuhr. ii, p. 39 (1786). Pious capensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i, p. 430 (1788); Orill, K. Vet. Ahad. Handl. ii, no. 10, p. 44 (1858) [Knysna]. Le Pio olive, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi, p. 16, p
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 140 pioiD^ MESOPICUS itself is longer than the outer anterior one. Plumage never barred or spotted above. This genus contains eight species, only one of which is found within our limits ; all are confined to the Ethiopian region. 442. Mesopicus griseocephalus. Olive Wood-pecker. Picus griseocephalus, Bodd. Tahl. PI. En. p. 49 (1783). Picus menstruus. Scop. Del. Fl. et Faun. Insuhr. ii, p. 39 (1786). Pious capensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i, p. 430 (1788); Orill, K. Vet. Ahad. Handl. ii, no. 10, p. 44 (1858) [Knysna]. Le Pio olive, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi, p. 16, pis. 248, 249 (1808). Dendrobates griseocephalus, Ouvney, Ibis, 1864, p. 353 [Natal] ; Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 236 (1867). Dendropicus menstruus, Sliarpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 191, 812 (1875-84); Barratt, This, 1876, p. 200 [Transvaal] ; Butler, Feilden, and Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 208 [Newcastle]. Mesopicus menstruus, Ayres, Ibis, 1876, p. 432 [Lydeuburg]. Mesopicus griseocephalus. Hargitt, Ibis, 1883, p. 417; id. Cat. B. M: xviii, p. 371 (1890); Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 133 (1896); Sharpe, Ibis, 1897, p. 501 [Echowe] ; Woodivard Bros. Natal B. p. 105 (1899).. Fig. 45.—Mesopicus griseocephalus. x -,%. Description. Adult male.—Forehead, above the eyes, ear- coverts, cheeks and throat slaty; crown of the head, rump and upper tail-coverts crimson ; back and scapulars golden-olive ; wing- quills dusky, washed externally with olive and with white spots on the inner webs only; tail-feathers dusky-black ; below, dull olive- grey washed with golden-olive with a tinge of crimson on the breast and with a patch of crimson wash on the middle of the abdomen ; under wing-coverts banded black and white; tongue long, horny, and barbed at the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d.
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