Birds from British East Africa and Uganda. 459 



Wiug-measurements give the following result : — Abys- 

 sinia, ^ (seven) 85-78, ? (nine) 82-78; British Somali- 

 land, S (eleven) 85-78, ? (eight) 83-79 mm. 



Range. Abyssinia, Soraaliland, and probably Jubaland. 



Erlauger in the Jouin. fiir Orn. 1902, p. 258, has described 

 a race from Djuba Kiver, Jubaland, under the name Dendru- 

 picus hemprichi albicans, and gives as characters : size smaller 

 and uppeiside much whiter, white bands much broader, 

 wing 80-76 mm. A male from the Tana River, in the 

 British Museum collection, agrees perfectly with a large 

 series of D. f. massaicus, and has a wing of 7Q ram. ;'there- 

 fore it would appear that the characters, especially of the 

 wing-measurement, do not substantiate this race. 



One adult female collected by E. Lort Phillips in Somali- 

 land (Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 89.3.20.1) has the upper tail- 

 coverts clear mouse-grey, without a. trace of red. As it 

 otherwise agrees with normal females of D. f. hemprichii, 

 I should put this down to merely individual aberration. 



Dendropicos fuscescens massaicus. 



Dendropicos guineensis massaicus Neum. op. cit. 



Wing given as 85-82 mm. 



Of this I consider Dendropicos guineensis centralis Neum. 

 (op. cit. p. 206 : Iringa, German East Africa, wing given as 

 93-90 mm.) is a synonym. 



General appearance very similar to D. f. fuscescens, but 

 size always smaller. 



Wing-measurements give the following result : — British 

 East Africa, S (ten) 87-81, ? (eight) 85-76; Manda 

 Island, cJ (two) 86 & 82 ; German East Africa, Ugogo, 

 $ 89, Rovuma River, ? 85 mm. 



Range. German East Africa, British East Africa, and 

 Manda Island. 



Dendropicos fuscescens cosensi. 

 , Detidropicos fuscescens cosensi C. Grant, Bull. B. O. C. 

 vol. XXXV. 1915, p. 101 : Senegal. 



Size similar to D. f. massaicus or D. f. hemprichii, but 

 differing from both in the general isabelline coloration of 



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