. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. 132 PICID^ CAMPOTHERA are almost pure silvery; on the lower breast the black is somewhat irregularly distributed on a very pale yellowish-green ground ; the abdomen and lower tail-coverts are also pale yellowish-green with rounded spots of black; the malar stripe, which is well marked, and the occiput are crimson. Iris from pale magenta to dark brown ; bill black ; legs and feet greenish-grey. Length about 90; wing 4-70; tail 2-80; culmen 1-1; tarsus 0-80. The female has the forehead and crown black spotted with whitish, while the occiput rem
. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. 132 PICID^ CAMPOTHERA are almost pure silvery; on the lower breast the black is somewhat irregularly distributed on a very pale yellowish-green ground ; the abdomen and lower tail-coverts are also pale yellowish-green with rounded spots of black; the malar stripe, which is well marked, and the occiput are crimson. Iris from pale magenta to dark brown ; bill black ; legs and feet greenish-grey. Length about 90; wing 4-70; tail 2-80; culmen 1-1; tarsus 0-80. The female has the forehead and crown black spotted with whitish, while the occiput remains crimson ; the malar stripe is not marked, being black spotted with white like the Fig 43.—Campothera smitlii. x \ Distribution.—The southern limit of this Woodpecker is the Orange Eiver valley, whence it extends northwards to Damara- land and the Cunene river, and to Mashonaland; north of our limits it has been obtained in Angola and Nyasaland. The Wood- peckers obtained by Exton at Kanye in Bechuanaland and described by Layard as Dendrohates striatus, judging from a pair preserved in the South African Museum, appear to be referable to C. abingdoni rather than to this species. The following are localities : Cape Colony—Upington on the Orange river, February, May, July (Bradshaw in S. A. Mus.); Transvaal—Eustenburg (Ayres in Bt. Mus.); Ehodesia—Tati river, October (Oates), Umfuli river, August (Ayres); German south-west Africa—Otjimbinque (Andersson), and Omaruru (Eriksson in S. A. Mus.) in Damaraland, Ondonga, Ovaquenyana, and Elephant Vley in Ovampoland (Andersson in Bt. Mus.); Portuguese east Africa— Zumbo on the Zambesi (Alexander).. 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. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. London, R. H. Porter
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