. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 24. MESOPICUS. 367 h. S ad. sk. Bof,'ota. Sclater Coll. *. cJ iuim.; k. $ Autioquia, U. S. Colombia Salvin-Godoiau Coll. ad. sk. (T. K. Sahnoii). I, m. Jjad. sk. Autioquia (T. A". <S'a//HWi). Sclater Coll. 24. MESOPICUS. Type. MesoiDicos, Malh. Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, p. y40 M. goertau. Scolecotheres, Reichenb. Scans. Picince, p. 427 (1854) M. griseocephalus. Camponomus, Cah. ^' Heine, Miis. Hein. iv. p. 137 (1863) M. p3'iThogaBter. Polipicus, Cass. Proc. Acad. Philad. 1803, p. 196. M. Bill of Mesopicm goertan. Range. Senegamb
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 24. MESOPICUS. 367 h. S ad. sk. Bof,'ota. Sclater Coll. *. cJ iuim.; k. $ Autioquia, U. S. Colombia Salvin-Godoiau Coll. ad. sk. (T. K. Sahnoii). I, m. Jjad. sk. Autioquia (T. A". <S'a//HWi). Sclater Coll. 24. MESOPICUS. Type. MesoiDicos, Malh. Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, p. y40 M. goertau. Scolecotheres, Reichenb. Scans. Picince, p. 427 (1854) M. griseocephalus. Camponomus, Cah. ^' Heine, Miis. Hein. iv. p. 137 (1863) M. p3'iThogaBter. Polipicus, Cass. Proc. Acad. Philad. 1803, p. 196. M. Bill of Mesopicm goertan. Range. Senegambia to Angola and east through Equatorial Africa to Abyssinia and Massai-Land. Prom Angola ranges in a south-easterl}- direction into the Transvaal and extreme south of Cape Colony, Key to the Species*. A. Eump and upper tail-coverts red. a'. Underparts uniform, or with only a trace of dusky bars posteriorly ; with no auricular or malar stripes. a". Head and neck silver-grey or bluish grey, the underparts yellowish grey; one or more of the lateral tail-feathers always spotted or partially barred oo both webs. a'". Middle of the abdomen yellow, orange, or reddish. «*. Crown and occiput red f/oertan c^aA.,-p. 360. h''. With no red on the crown or occiput r/oertan 2 ad., p. 369. b'". Entire abdomen and middle of the lower breast bright scarlet. [p. 371. c*. Crown and occiput red spoducephalus (^ a,i., * I have not included Gray's Picus africanus in this or any other of my genera. The type no longer exists, and there is so much reason to doubt its being a good species that I prefer to leave it out. If such a species do exist, I should say, from the description, that it will be found to belong to the present genus and to be nearly allied to M. 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
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