638 Mr. F. J, Jackson on Birds 



there are many other examples from Abyssinia which are 

 hardly separable. 



The following forms seem to require names : — 



342. Denduomus pallidus, n. sp. 



$ . Sirailis D. nulico, sed notseo toto et alis distincte et 

 leete albidis, vix aureo tinctis transfasciatis^ et gastrsei 

 maculis nigris minoribus distinguendus. Long. tot. 73, 

 culm. 0"9, alse 4*0, caudte 2*35, tarsi 0"7. 

 Typus in Mus. Brit, ex Lamu {Jackson). 



The cliief character for the separation of the Lamu Wood- 

 pecker is, of course, the complete and regular banding of the 

 back and wings ; but there are other characters, viz., the 

 larger and closer white spotting on the crown and the much 

 smaller number of spots on the under surface, especially on 

 th.e under wing-coverts. The red on the head seems to me to 

 be more scarlet than crimson, as is the case with D. nubicus. 

 There are three specimens, two females and a male, from 

 Lamu, in the British Museum. 



343. Dendromus hargitti, n. sp. 



? . Similis D. pimctato, sed fronte et vertice antico nigris, 

 albo puuctulatis minima striolatis, remigum rachidibus 

 brunneis nee aureis distinguendus. Long. tot. 78, 

 culm. 0'95, alee 4*35, caudse 23, tarsi 0"85. 

 Typus in Mus. Brit, ex Semmio, Niara-Niam {BoJindorff^. 



Dr. Reichenow has made some remarks on African Wood- 

 peckers in the ' Monatsbericht ' for 1896 (p. 130). He 

 points out that the bird identified by me and by Mr. Hargitt 

 as Picus balius is not the true P. balms of Heuglin, which, 

 from an examination of the type in Stuttgart, he declares to 

 be scarcely separable from P. punctatus Yal. The principal 

 difference is that the upper surface is not spotted, but clearly 

 cross-banded. Such a specimen is in the Museum from 

 Senegambia, whence we have also several other individuals 

 with spotted backs. I do not think that the banded bird 

 can be specifically distinct from P. punctatus, but I believe 

 that a large amount of variation in the spotting and banding 

 of these African Woodpeckers is to be expected. At all 

 events, it is clear that the banded birds are not peculiar to 



