394' Capt. G. E. Shelley on a 



Campothera nubica, Hargitt Ibis, 1883, p. 451 ; Fisciicr, 

 J. f. O. 1885, p. 126 (Pangani). 



Stictopicus nuhicus, Salvacl. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1884, 

 p. 88 (Shoa). 



Hab. E. Africa, from Sonthern Nubia to Pangani. 



10. Trichol.ema stigmatothorax. 



Tricholama stigmatothorax, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, pp. 205, 

 240 (Ndi) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 371 (Masai) ; 

 id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 125. 



Hab. E. Africa, between 10° N. lat. and 5° S. lat. 



T. stujmatothorax is very nearly allied to T. melanocephala, 

 from which it differs in the dark portions of the head and 

 throat being dark brown instead of black, in the feathers of 

 the forehead and front half of the crown being more or less 

 spotted with small yellow tips to the feathers. lu a speci- 

 men labelled " Rouga {Fischer) " the brown of the throat is 

 uniform ; in the present specimen, from Somali, the feathers 

 of the throat have mostly small white tips. 



"■ Fairly abundant throughout the tableland. ' 



11. Trachyphonus erythrocephalus. 

 Trachyphonus erythrocephalus , Cab. J. f. 0. 1878, pp. 206, 



218, 240, pi. 2. figs. 1, 2 (Kitui) . 



Hah. E. Africa, Somali and Kitui. 



I have not been able to examine the type of T. erythro- 

 cephalus. The Somali specimen differs from the illustrations 

 /. c. in having a distinct black crest, the eyebrows yellow, 

 and the cheeks washed with yellow towards the eyes. It is 

 also apparently rather smaller: total length 7'1 inches, 

 culmen 0*9, wing 3"1, tail 3*1, tarsus 0'95. Forehead and 

 crown glossy black, the feathers elongated, forming a slight 

 crest; margin of the forehead, eyebrows, and remainder of 

 the head and neck yellow, shading into bright red on the 

 nape, ear-coverts, and hinder portion of the cheeks ; a red 

 band passes down the sides of the neck, and is surmounted by 

 a white band, which extends over the back of the ear-coverts ; 

 the feathers of the nape and back of the neck are tipped with 

 black ; throat yellow, with a broad black band down the 



