642 On Birds obtained in British East Africa. 



with the under surface as in M. pceocephalas, the centre of 

 the abdomen being only slightly washed with yellow. 



I have six specimens from Niam-Niam now before me. 

 All are clearly washed with yellow on the abdomen, and 

 three of them {'^ S , 1 ? ) have the centre of the belly 

 scarlet. 



All Mr. Jackson's specimens are washed with yellow, and 

 one male has a distinct trace of scarlet on the centre of the 

 lower breast and abdomen. They are rather light olive- 

 yellow on the upper surface, and approach in tint typical 

 M. goertan from Senegal, 



In the case of Woodpeckers, birds which quickly wqar 

 their plumage out and get it soiled, it is very difficult to 

 institute comparisons of specimens exactly in the same state 

 of plumage ; while in the case of M. goertan, I think that all 

 the characters for the separation of races are very unstable, 

 and I consider that Mr. Grant was right in saying that 

 Dr. Reichenow's races cannot be upheld (Ibis, 1902, p. 425). 

 Attention should be called to the way in which the bars on 

 the wings and tail vary in extent, these being sometimes 

 altogether absent on the latter. There are often dusky bars 

 on the sides of the body, but most of these characters are 

 indications of immaturity, as already pointed out by Mr. 

 Hargitt (Cat. B. xviii. p. 370).— R. B. S.] 



349. Iynx pectokalis. 



lynx pectoralis Yi^. • Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. 

 p. 565 (1890) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 308 (Save, Mt. Elgon) ; 

 Reichen. Yog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 120, fig. 54 (1894 : Lake 

 Naivasha) ; Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 201 (Ssubugo, N.W. 

 Masailand) . 



No. 163. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, July 8, 1896. Bill 

 dusky horn-coloured ; feet greenish horn-coloured ; iris pale 

 brown. Two seen. 



Nos. 344, 345. c? ? ad. Ravine, Aug. 30, 1896. 



No. 476. S ad. Ravine, Feb. 21, 1897. 



Nos. 691, 692. c? ? ad. Ravine, July 24, 1897. 



No. 762. J juv. Lake Naivasha, Aug. 12, 1897. 



