100 PICIDiE. 



/. $ ad. sk. Swazl Laud. S. Cuthbert, Esq. [P.]. 



m. d' ad. ; 2 Zulu Land, July (Gonlf/e). Shelley Coll. 



imni sk. 



n. S ad. sk. Riyer Loge, Angola (J. J, Sliarpe Coll. 



Monteiro). 



0. S ad. sk. [Gambia.] University College. 



Subsp. a. Campothera mombassica. 



Picus abingoni (non Smith), Fisch. S,- Reichen. J. f. O, 1878, p. 250; 



JBd/im, J.f. O. 1883, p. 168. 

 Campothera chrysurus {non Swai7is.), Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 128. 

 ? Picus (Campothera) abingoni, Fisch. in Madardsz, Zeitsch. gesamm. 



Orn. 1884, p. 369. 

 Picus (Campothera) mombassicus, Fisch. Sf Reichen. J. f. 0. 1884, 



p. 262. 



Adult female. Diflfers from the adult female of C . abingdoni in 

 having the forehead and crown deep olive spotted with white ; the 

 back with only a few small spots of yellow ; the rump narrowly 

 barred with yellow ; the upper tail-coverts with almost obsolete 

 barring, and the striations on the chest broader. Total length 7"3 

 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 4-25, tail 2*4, tarsus 0-75 ; toes (without 

 claws) — outer anterior 0-58, outer posterior 0'62, inner anterior 0-43, 

 inner posterior 0*3. 



Adult male. I have not had an opportunity of examining the 

 male of this species, but from Pischer and Reichenow's diagnosis of 

 it, as compared with C. ahingdoni, it would appear that the male of 

 C, mombassica differs from the female in having the top of the head 

 and the malar stripe red. The red on the crown is confined to the 

 tips of the feathers, the remaining portion being brownish olive. 

 The measurements, according to Fischer and Eeichenow, are as 

 follows : — total length 7*0o inches, wing 4-1, tail 2 9, tarsus 0'7, 

 culmen 0-85. 



Rab. Only known from Mombasa*. 



«. 2 ad. sk. Mombasa. Rev. F. A. Buxton [P.]. 



7. Campothera smithii. 



Picus (Chrysoptilopicus) smithii, Malh. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 403. 

 Dendrobates abiugtoni {non Smith), Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 124 



(1850) ; Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. no. iv. 1867, p. 336. 

 Campethera abingtoni {non Smith), Strickl. S,- Sclat. Contr. Orn. 1852, 



p. 156. 

 Dendromus abingtoni {no7i Smith), Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zt/god. p. 9 



(1854). 

 Chrysopicus brucei, Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 170, pi. xciii. fig. 1 (1862). 

 Ipagrus brucei. Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 125 (1863) ; Gurney, 



in Anderss. B. Damara Land, p. 221 (1872). 



* Picus {Campothera) abingoni, of Pischer (Madariisz, Zeitscb. gesamm. 

 Orn, 1884, p. 369), from Gross Aruscha, is very probably referable to the pre- 

 sent species. 



