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latter. Occasionally the two species are found together as on Mount 

 Elgon, where Granvik '"^ procured both in the same locality. The 

 altitudinal range of /. variegatus is from sea level to 7,000 feet. In 

 Ethiopia it is decidedly uncommon, and, as far as I know, has been 

 taken but few times. The first records for that country were two 

 females taken by Neumann " at Senti Valley between Uba and Gofa ; 

 the second, Erlanger's example from Wonda (the northernmost 

 record), and now, the three taken by Mearns near Gardida. I know 

 of no other Ethiopian specimens. 



INDICATOR VARIEGATUS JUBAENSIS Neumann 



Indicator varicgatus jubacnsis Neumann, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., vol. 21, 190S, 

 p. 97 : Jonte, neai* Kismayu, Juba River. 



/Specimens collected: 



Male adult, Tana Kiver, 1,200 feet (360 meters), Kenya Colony, 

 August 15, 1912. 



As alreadj^ outlined under the typical race, the birds of the Tana 

 River west at least to the 38th meridian east longitude are jubaeiisis, 

 not variegatus. It is unfortunate that all previous writers have given 

 measurements without any indication of the sex of the birds mea- 

 sured, merely because the two sexes look alike. There is, however, 

 considerable difference, the wing length of the males being about 8 

 millimeters greater (on the average) than that of the females. The 

 present specimen has a wing 103.5 millimeters long, tail 64, and 

 tarsus 15.5 millimeters. The bill is broken and can not be measured. 



This race has not been previously recorded from Kenya Colony, 

 although as long ago as 1915, F. E.. Wulsin collected two males on 

 the Tana River which are definitely jvhaensis. 



INDICATOR MINOR ERLANGERI Zedlitz 



Indicator exilis erlangeri Zedlitz, Orn. Monatsb., 1913, p. 59 : Afgoi, southern 

 Somaliland. 



Specimens collected: 



One unsexed, Gato River near Gardula, Ethiopia, April 15, 1912. 

 One female. Tana River at mouth of Thika River, Kenya Colony, 

 August 26, 1912. 



It should be said at the outset that the identification of these two 

 specimens is somewdiat uncertain. I have not seen sufficient material 

 to form any idea of even specific, to say nothing of racial, characters, 

 in the small forms of Indicator commonly referred to three " species," 



'«Journ. f. Ornith., 1923, Sonderheft, p. 84. 

 "Idem, 1904, p. 383. 



