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WiriR, culmen, tarsus, tail, 



50, 53 mm. 12—13 mm. 14 mm. 28—30 mm. 



Irides dark-brown; bill aud legs black. 



Picidae. 



Jynx ruficollis cocensi C. Grant. — Bull. Brit. Oru. Club, 

 vol. XXXV, 1915, p. 102. 



1 (5 ad., 23. 4. Lake Naiwasha, 7500 ft. - 1 (5 ad. 9. 5.; 1 Q ad. 9. 5. 



40 miles from Londiani towards Eldoret 9000 ft. — 1 (J ad. 25. 7. ; 1 (5 juv. 



16. 5; Mount Elgon, 7000 ft. 



The first specimen of this Wryneck was procured at Lake 

 Naiwasha, and there, as in all subsequent spots where it was 

 shot, it was found on the outskirts of the acacia-plains, especially 

 such spots as are interspersed with other bushes and trees. For 

 the most part, it was seen in dry, old trees and always singly or 

 in pairs. In no locality through which I passed was it common. 



Of the four mature specimens — all in full plumage — 

 3 agree with the current description and Grant's supplement 

 (Ibis: 1915, p. 102). One individual, however, differs rather 

 much as regards the colour of the under tail-coverts, for, in 

 general, this is light rusty yellowish brown, but in this individual 

 the tail-coverts are dark-brown, nearly of the same colour as 

 the throat. 



Irides are usually brownish red. Yet, in two specimens 

 I have found a yellow ring outermost with an inner one of 

 brown. Bill dark greyish brown. Legs yellowish brown — greyish 

 green. 



The young bird is darker on the side of the back, and 

 some of the feathers, which become greyish brown later on, are 

 furnished with greyish white transverse bands. The rusty-brown 

 colour of the neck is also paler. The sides of the throat, which 

 in the old bird are black and white banded, are banded with 

 brown and black. The under surface is white with black longi- 

 tudinal streaks. 



Irides dark-brown; bill dark-grey with a white spot on the 

 tip of upper mandible; legs greyish yellow. 



