Birds from British East Africa and Uganda. 451 



Trachyphonus darnaudii usambiro. 



Trachyphonus darnaudi usambiro Neum. Bull. B. O. C. 

 vol. xxiii. 1908, p. 30 : Usambiro, southern Victoria Nyanza, 

 German East Africa. 



The characters given of the markings appear to be those 

 of typical T. d. darnaudii, but the size is certainly larger, 

 85-81 mm. in the wing as against 77-71 mm. in T. d. dar- 

 naudii. No specimens are available from that part of 

 German East Africa for comparison. 



Range. Probably confined to north-western German East 

 Africa. 



203. Campethera nubica nubica. Nubian Woodpecker. 

 Ficus nubicus Bodd. Tabl. PL Eulum. 1783, p. 41 : Nubia, 

 founded on PL Enlum. no. 667. 



Mt. Suswa. Sept. 26. 



30 miles N.W. of Baringo, 2800 ft. Dec. 31. 

 Turkwel River, 1900 ft. Jan. 14. 

 Kozibiri River, 1800 ft. Jan. 16. 

 Mt. Maroto, 3700 ft. Jan. 26. 

 Nakwai Hills, 3500 ft. Feb, 17. 

 Total length in flesh : S 8^-8 inches ; ? 9-8^ inches. 

 Wing: S 111-109 mm.; ? 112 mm. 



All these specimens are in good dress ; and all are banded 

 on the mantle, except the male from Mt. Suswa, which has 

 this part distinctly spotted. The male from near Baringo 

 is almost white below as opposed to the strong buff coloration 

 of the other five specimens. 



[Irides red ; bill, upper mandible black, blackish horn, or 

 greyish horn, lower lighter ; legs and toes dirty yellow, 

 dirty green, greenish yellow, or greenish grey. Common.] 

 A careful examination of the series of over one hundred 

 specimens in the British Museum collection shows that 

 great individual variation exists in this Woodpecker, some 

 being more spotted and others more barred on the upper 

 parts, and some being more yellow and others more white on 

 the underparts; so that great difficulty is found in selecting 

 characters for geographical forms, which must necessarily 

 be separated on general features only. 



