480 BULLETIN 15 3, UNITED STATES NATIOISrAL MUSEUM 



This woodpecker is chiefly a bird of the lowlands, but occurs up 

 to approximately 6,500 feet (1,950 meters). Zedlitz found it at 2,000 

 meters (6,600 feet) at Anseba near Cheren, also in the palm forests 

 of the Barca region and in the wilderness at Tacazze. Erlanger did 

 not see it in the highlands of Shoa, but observed it very commonly 

 in Somaliland especially in the rich vegetation along stream banks. 

 He collected a female in breeding condition at Wonda, south of Adis 

 Abeba, on December 5, and writes that the breeding season in Shoa 

 is from December to February. In the Ginir district it is somewhat 

 later, as Erlanger obtained two juvenal birds, taken from the nest, 

 on March 17 in that district. Lynes ^ writes that in Darfur the 

 birds breed early in spring. He collected a female that had very 

 recently laid eggs, in May. 



In his field book, Mearns entered the following observations of this 

 woodpecker: Aletta, March 7-13, 4 birds; Loco, March 13-15, 6 

 seen ; Black Lake Abaya, March 18-20, 12 birds ; Lake Abaya, March 

 21-23, 2 noted; White Lake Abaya, March 24r-26, 10 seen; near 

 Gardula, March 26-29, 2 birds; Gato Kiver, March 29 to May 17, 

 200 seen; Kormali, May 18, 10 birds; Bodessa and Sagon River, 

 May 19 to June 6, 52 birds seen; Tertale, June 7-12, 10 noted; El 

 Ade, June 12-14, 8 ; Mar Mora, June 14, 6 seen ; Turturo, June 15-17, 

 22 birds ; Wobok, June 18, 4 seen ; near Saru, June 19, 4 ; Yebo, June 

 20, 2 birds; Karsa Barecha, June 21, 2 seen; Indunumara Mountains, 

 July 13-18, 7 seen; plains at base and south of Endoto Mountains, 

 July 19-24, 30 birds; Er-re-re, July 25, 4 seen; Le-se-dun, July 26, 

 2 noted; MaJele to 45 miles south of Malele, July 27-30, 26 birds 

 observed. 



CAMPETHERA NUBICA PALLIDA (Sharpe) 



Dendromus palUdus Shakpe, Ibis, 1902, p. 638: Lamu, Kenya Colony. 



jSpecimene collected: 



One male immature, one female adult, Guaso Nyiro River, Kenya 

 Colony, August 1-2, 1912. 



One female adult, Tharaka district, Kenya Colony, August 13, 

 1912. 



One male adult. Tana River at mouth of Thika River, Kenya 

 Colony, August 24, 1912. 



One female adult, Athi River near Juja Farm, Kenya Colony, 

 August 30, 1912. 



The characters and distribution of this race have already been 

 discussed under the nominate form and need not be repeated here. 



The immature male has a considerable number of red feathers in 

 the malar stripes, but none on the forehead and crown. In a molting 



'Ibis, 1925, p. 345. 



