640 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds 



346. Dendkopicus simoni. 



Dendropicus simoni Grant, Bull. B. O. C. x. p. xxxviii 

 (1900) ; id. Ibis, 1900, p. 304 (Konduro, Abyssinia). 



Dendropicus simonis Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 218 (1900). 



No. 188. ? ad. Ravine, July 22, 1896. Bill slate-coloured; 

 feet greenish horn-coloured ; iris brown. 



No. 189. ? ad. Ravine, July 22, 1896. Bill slate- 

 coloured, lower mandible horn-blue Avith slate-coloured tip ; 

 feet olive-green ; iris dark crimson. 



No. 511. (? iram. Ravine, March 5, 1897. Fairly 

 plentiful and frequently found on a dead tree. Makes very 

 little noise when pecking, and unless one stands close up to 

 or under the tree it cannot be heard. 



No. 552. ? ad. Ravine, March 22, 1897. 

 ^ No. 924. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, March 22, 1898. 



Nos. 1077, 1078. ^ 2 ad. Nandi, 6500 feet. May 6, 

 1898. Bill dark slate-coloured, lower mandible dusky horn- 

 blue; feet olive-green; iris crimson-brown. This, the smallest 

 of our Woodpeckers, is fairly plentiful in Nandi. 



Nos. 1088, ? ad. ; 1094, (J imm. Nandi, 6500 feet. 

 May 9, 10, 1898. 



No. 1164. ^ ad. Nandi, 6500 feet. May 28, 1898. 



[Prof. Reichenow (Orn. MB. 1901, p. 167) believes that 

 D. simoni is D. lepidus (Cab. & Heine). — R. B. S.] 



347. Thripias schoensis. 



Thripias schoensis (Riipp.) ; Ilargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xviii. p. 308 (1890). 



Thripias namaquus schoensis Hartert, Nov. Zool. vii. p. 33 

 (1900: Nairobe). 



No. 266. S ad. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 15, 1896. Bill 

 dark horn-blue, lower mandible paler; feet slate-coloured; 

 iris crimson. One of a pair. 



No. 523. S ad. Ravine, March 7, 1897. 



[These specimens have quite a greenish shade on the under 

 parts, as well as on the upper surface. I think, however, 

 that this indicates freshness of plumage, as it is to be noticed 

 in the specimen killed at Nairobe by the Mackinder Expe- 



