454 Mr. C. H. B. Grant on a Collection of 



204. Campethera cailliautii nyansae. Cailliaut^s Wood- 

 pecker. 



Dendromus malherbei nyanscB Neum. Journ. fiir Orn. 1900, 

 p. 204 : Muansa, south Victoria Nyauza. Wing given as 

 101 mm. 



fir, 6. c? ? ad. Amala River, 5300 & 5500 ft. Oct. 15 

 &22. 



Total length in flesh: ^ 7 inches; ? 7\ inches. Wing: 

 c? 101 mm.; ? 103 mm. 



This pair is in good dress, the male showing signs of wear 

 and having the spots on the mantle less distinct. 



[Irides hrown; bill black, lower mandible bluish horn; 

 legs and toes green. Stomach of female contained small 

 ants. Common.] 



Three races of this Woodpecker are easily recognisable as 

 follows : — 



Campethera cailliautii cailliautii. 



Chrysopicus cailliautii INIalh. Rev. et ]\Iag. Zool. 1849, 

 p. 540 : Africa (I designate Mombasa, British East Africa). 

 Wing given as 99 mm. 



Of this, Chrysopicos malherbei Cass. (Proc. Acad. Pliilad. 

 vol. XV. 1863, p. 198 : Zanzibar ; cf. also Journ. Acad. 

 Philad. 1863, p. 459, pi. li. fig. 3; wing given as 3| inches 

 = 95 mm.) must for the present become a synonym; Picas 

 imherbis Sund. Consp. Av. Pic. 1866, p. 68, is a substitute 

 name for C. malherbei Cass. 



Size small, matitle darkish olive-green, spots paler olive- 

 green, below washed with yellow. 



Wing-measurements give the following result : Dar-es- 

 Salaam, ? (one) 95 ; Mombasa, ^ (one) 96, ? (one) 97 ; 

 Mazeras, nr. Mombasa, S (one) 99 mm. 



Range. Island of Zanzibar and mainland adjacent (Dar- 

 es-Salaam to Mombasa). 



I have been unable to examine specimens from Zanzibar, 

 but the three specimens from Dar-es-Salaam and Mombasa 

 agree well with the description and plate of C. mal- 

 herbei, and may therefore for the present be taken as 

 typical. 



