Collection of Birds from Soiaah-lund. 393 



7. PcEOCEPHALUS RUFIVENTRIS. 



Piomts rufiventris, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. 1845, p. 83^ pi. 32 

 (Slioa). 



Pionias rufiventris, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. pp. 741^ clvii, 



Pceocephalus rufiventris, Speke_, Ibis^ 1860, p. 243 (Somali) ; 

 Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 372 (Masai) ; Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Geu. 1884, p. 78 (Slioa) ; Fischer, J. f. O. 

 1885, p. 122. 



Hab. E. Africa, from Abyssinia to Masai-land. 



" First seen ou reaching the tableland, and afterwards fairly 

 plentiful throughout the tour. They were generally seen in 

 twos or threes, and, like most Parrots^ were very noisy. They 

 breed in the ant-hills." 



8. Dendropicus hempkichi. 



Plcus hernpricliii, Hemp. & Ehr. Symb. Phys. 1828, fol. 2, 

 p. 2; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 804; Finsch & Ilartl. Vog. 

 Ostafr. p. 514; Shalow, J. f. O. 1883, p. 3i7 (Kakoma). 



Dendrobates liemprichii, Riipp. Syst. Uebei-s. pi. 35. 



Dendromus hemprichii, Speke, Ibis, 1860, p. 245 (Somali). 



Dendropicus hemprichi, Hargitt, Ibis, 1883, p. 433 ; 

 Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 370 (Masai) ; id. J. f. O. 

 1885, p. 125. ■ 



Hab. E. Africa, from Abyssinia to Zanzibar. 



The specimen from South Mozambique referred to as 

 Dendrobates hemprichii, Bianc. Spec. Zool. Mosamb. fasc. 18, 

 p. 327, was preserved in spirits, and its determination, I con- 

 sider, must consequently be uncertain. 



This and the next species of Woodpecker were fairly 

 plentiful where the Euphorbias grew, as they select these 

 cactuses to breed in. 



9. CaMPOTHERA NU15ICA. 



Picus nubicus, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 439; Heugl. Orn. 

 N.O.-Afr. p. 881; Finsch & HartL Vog. Ostafr. p. 508; 

 Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 1881, p. 109 (Lado). 



Dendromus cethiopicus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. pi. 36. 



Dendrobates athiopicus, Speke, Ibis, 1860, p. 244 (Somali). 



