426 Mr. W. R. Ogilvic-Grant on 



75. Camfotiiera nubica. 



Campothera nubica (Ginel.) ; Witherby, p. 2C5 ; Grant & 

 Reid, p. 666. 



a. ^. Kaka, 13th Marcli. No. 133. 



b. c? imm. 20 miles N. of Faslioda. 6th ApriL No. 207. 

 Iris hazel ; bill slaty grey ; legs greenish ash. 



[The Nubian Woodpecker is fairly common. — R. M. II.] 



76. Iyngipicus obsoletus. 



lyngipicus obsoletus (Wagl.) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. INI us. 

 xviii. p. 336 (1890) ; Witherby, p. 265. 



a,b. ^ ? . Fashoda, 26th'March. Nos. 193, 194. 



Iris light brown; bill dusky ; legs greyish. 



[This pigmy Woodpecker is rare : I only saw three pairs. — 

 R. M. H.J 



77 . Melanobucco vieilloti. 



Under this title two distinct forms have been united in 

 the ' Catalogue of Birds.' That from Abyssinia is, how- 

 ever, quite different from that found in West Africa, and the 

 two should be separated as follows : — 



(1) Melanobucco vieilloti. 



Pogonias vieilloti Leach, Zool. Misc. ii. pi. 97 (1815). 



Bucco fuscescens Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. iii. p. 241 

 (1816). 



Melanobucco vieilloti Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 26 

 (1891) [i)art., Abyssinia, specimen o] ; Witherhy, p. 265. 



Adult. Feathers of the middle of the back mostly white ; 

 throat, chest, and middle of the breast white, each feather 

 with a small scarlet spot at the tip, giving these parts a 

 spotted appearance; sides of the breast and flanks white, 

 tinged with yellow, the latter shewing few, if any, black 

 shaft-stripes. 



Hub. Abyssinia and the White Nile. 



No trace can now be found of Leach's type, once in the 

 British Museum; but there can be no doubt that the bird 

 which he figured was the spotted Abyssinian form. 



a. ^. Fashoda, 2nd April. No. 285. 



b,c. c? ? . Kaka, 24th April & 1st May. Nos. 399,414. 



