i66 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ORNITHOLOGY, VOL. I. 



See SHARPE, Ibis, 1902, p. 637, variation; ERLANGER, Journal 

 fur Ornithologie, 1905, pp. 475477, individual variation, subspecies; 

 NEUMANN, ibid. 1904, pp. 394, 395, subspecific characters. 



115. Campethera hausburgi Sharpe. 



Bulletin British Ornithologist's Club, X. (1900) p. 36. Mt. Kenya. 



9 , Sept., Mt. Kenya. 



See OBERHOLSER, Proceedings National Museum, Washington, 

 1905, p. 874, Campethera supersedes Dendromus. 



116 Dendropicus guineensis massaicus Neumann. 



Journal fur Ornithologie, 1900, p. 206. Masailand, East Africa. 



9 , Oct., Tana River. 



d\ Dec., Lucania. 



Different authorities hold various opinions as to the status of 

 massaicus. 



See SHARPE, Ibis, 1902, p. 639, near cardinalis (== guieensis); 

 NEUMANN, Journal fiir Ornithologie, 1904, pp. 399-402, recognizes 

 ten subspecies; ERLANGER, ibid. 1905, pp. 378-480, recognizes 

 only five subspecies, holding massaicus to be the young of hartlaubi. 



117. lyngipicus obsoletus ingens Hartert. 



Novitates Zoologicae, VII, (1900) p. 33. Nairobi, British East 

 Africa. 



cT, Feb., Lake Elmenteita. 



9 , locality not given. 



The male, judging from the length of its bill and the nature of 

 the feathers on its breast, is not quite mature. Measurements: 

 Male, wing 89 mm., tail 47 mm., entire culmen 17 mm. Female, 

 wing 90 mm., tail (abraided) 40 mm., entire culmen 20 mm. 



118. Mesopicus rhodeogaster (Fisch. <Sf Reichen.}. 



Picus rhodeogaster Fischer & Reichenow, Journal fiir Ornithologie, 

 1884, p. 180, Masailand. 



9 , Feb., Gilgil. 



9 , Feb., Lake Elmenteita. 



See NEUMANN, Journal fur Ornithologie, 1904, p. 327, reference 

 to an article in Ornithologische M onatsberichte distinguishing rhodeo- 

 gaster from spodocephalus; ERLANGER, ibid. 1905, p. 473,- holds 

 rhodeogaster to be distinct from spodocephalus. 



