. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 554 PIC1D,35. Nannopipo africana, Cah. S,- Heine, Miis. Hein. Th. iv. p. 9 (1863). PicumniLS afiieanus, Sundev. Consp. Av. Pkin. p. 106 (1866). Male * (prohahhf mhiU). Above, including tail-coverts and wing- coverts, \uiiform dusky olive; quills dusky, the outer webs of the secondaries margined with dull yellowish olive, the inner webs of the quills margined M'ith greyish at the base ; shafts brownish black; tail and the shafts dusky black ; na.^al plumes dusky black ; frontal band rufous : top of the head, occiput, and nape dusky olive ; face sl
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 554 PIC1D,35. Nannopipo africana, Cah. S,- Heine, Miis. Hein. Th. iv. p. 9 (1863). PicumniLS afiieanus, Sundev. Consp. Av. Pkin. p. 106 (1866). Male * (prohahhf mhiU). Above, including tail-coverts and wing- coverts, \uiiform dusky olive; quills dusky, the outer webs of the secondaries margined with dull yellowish olive, the inner webs of the quills margined M'ith greyish at the base ; shafts brownish black; tail and the shafts dusky black ; na.^al plumes dusky black ; frontal band rufous : top of the head, occiput, and nape dusky olive ; face slaty grey, shading into olive on the side of the neck ; entire underparts, as well as the chin and throat, olivaceous slaty, some of the feathers, likewise some of those of the malar region, having rufous tips; under wing-coverts white : underside of quill-shafts â white. Total length 2-6 inches, culmen 0-4, wing l-!), tail 0-55, tarsus 0"42 ; toes (without claws)âouter anterior 0-3, outer terior 0-3, inner anterior 0-22, inner ])osterior 0-17. Female. Appears to ditier from the male solely in having the head and the underparts nearly concolorous. Ohs. Owing to the rarity of this species it is impossible to arrive at any positive conclusion as to its plumages, but the fact that most of the known examples are in the dusky-olive plumage of the male, above described, renders it most probable that it is the adult garb. The specimen in the British Museum seems to be in a state of transition, having the face, neck, and underparts varied with rufous, which suggests a more or less rufous young. Hab. Confined (as far as is known) to Gaboon. a. [?Ad.] sk. Gaboon. M. Verreaux. 49. SASIA. ^^,p^ Picumnus, pt., Is. Geoffr. , Noun. Arch, du Mus. 1832, p. 397. Sasia, Hodgs. J. A S. Beiifl. v. p. 778 (1836) S. ocbracea. Microcolaptes, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 54 (1840) S. abnormis. Comeris, Hodys. J A. 8. Benx/. x. p. 27 (1841) S. ocbracea. Dryaltes, Gloger {teste G. R. Grmj
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