BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 475 



The measurements of four specimens of hmishurgi examined are : 

 Males, wing 105-107, tail G6-68, and culmen 24 millimeters ; females, 

 wing 106-10C.5, tail GG-67.5, and culmen 22-22.5 millimeters. 



This woodpecker is a bird of the highland forests of the inner 

 parts of east Africa, at altitudes of from 4,000 to 7,000 feet (1,200 

 to 2,100 meters). It apparently does not occur on Mount Kiliman- 

 jaro, and has not been taken on Ruwenzori although found near by 

 in the Mpanga forest. 



CAMPETHERA NUBICA NUBICA (Boddaert) 



Picus nuhica BoDOABaiT, Table PI. Enluin., p. 41, 1783: Nubia (from PI. 

 Enlum. No. GG7). 



Specimens collected: 



Three male adults, four female adults, Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, 

 December 6-20, 1911. 



One female adult, Sadi Malka, Ethiopia, December 21, 1911. 



One male adult, Hawash Kiver, Ethiopia, February 10, 1912. 



One male adult, one female adult, Aletta, Ethiopia, March 11, 1912. 



One female adult. Loco, Ethiopia, March 15, 1912. 



Three male adults, six female adults, Gato River near Gardula, 

 Ethiopia, April 11 to May 11, 1912. 



One male adult. Lake Stefanie, Ethiopia, May 17, 1912. 



Two female adults, Sagon River, Ethiopia, June 3^, 1912. 



One male adult, Endoto Mountains, south Kenya Colony, July 

 24, 1912. 



One female adult, Er-re-re, Kenya Colony, July 25, 1912. 



Soft parts (female) : Iris, reddish brown; bill and claws, dusky 

 plumbeous; feet, greenish gray. 



The literature of this woodpecker is rather confusing due to the 

 divergent results arrived at by different revisers, and consequently 

 it seemed worth while to investigate the variations, geographic and 

 otherwise, of this bird in spite of the fact that the ground was by 

 no means new. All in all I have examined 73 specimens from the 

 following countries: Ethiopia, Kenya Colony, Uganda, Anglo- 

 Egyptian Sudan, Belgian Congo, Ruanda, and Tanganyika Terri- 

 tory. Before presenting the conclusions it is desirable to review 

 the opinions of previous investigators in order to visualize the 

 problem more clearly. 



Reichenow *^ described a woodpecker, which he called Dendromus 

 neu?7ia?ini, which was very similar to C ampethera (then Dendromus) 

 nuhica but different in having the upper parts darker and more 

 greenish with only small and few whitish marks ; darker cheeks and 

 malar region, less whitish, more blackish; underparts abundantly 



" Orn. Monatsb., 1896, p. 132 : Naivasha, Kenya Colony. 



