B'rds from British East Africa and Uganda. 465 



Four, and probably fivCj races of this Woodpecker are 

 recognisable, as follows : — 



Thripias namaquus namaquus. 



Pirns namaquus Liclit. Cat. Rer. Nat. Hamb. 1793, p. 17 : 

 Interior of South Africa. 



The following three names have been founded on Levail- 

 laut (Ois. d'Afr. vol. vi. 1808, p. 22, pis. 251 & 252) and are 

 synonyms : Picus mystaceus Vieill. Nouv, Diet. d^Hist. 

 Nat. vol. xxvi. 1818, p. 73; Picus biarmicus Val. Diet. Sc. 

 Nat, vol. xl. 1826, p. 176 : Cafferland; and Picus diophrys 

 Steph. Gen. Zool. vol. xiv. 1826, p. 161 ; South Africa. 



Above, mantle washed with green ; below, chest olive- 

 green, barred with whitish ; wing-quills stained golden, 

 auricular patch not extending beyond ear-coverts. 



Range. South Africa generally, northwards to Nyasaland, 

 and Angola (Rio Chiraba and Huilla). 



Thripias namaquus sctioensis. 



Picus (JDendrohaptes) schoensis Riipp. op. cit. 



Above and below darker, chest brownish black, washed 

 with dark olive; wing-quills not so strongly stained with 

 golden, auricular patch extending beyond ear-coverts and 

 more or less joined to throat-stripe. 



Range. British East Africa to Abyssinia and Somaliland. 



An adult female in the British Museum collection from 

 Mulema, Uganda, and two males from Ugogo, German East 

 Africa, agree with T. n. namaquus in tiie colour of the chest, 

 but have the auricular patch as in T. n. schoensis ; to this 

 intermediate race I propose to give the following name : — 



Thripias namaquus intermedius. 



Thripias namaquus intermedius C. Grant, Bull. B. O. C. 

 XXXV. 1915, p. 101 : Ugogo, German East Africa. 



Characters as stated above. 



Type in British Museum: S ad. Ugogo, German East 

 Africa. Kirk coll. Wing 137, culmen 35, tail 69, tarsus 

 22 mm. 



Range. Northern German East Africa and southern 

 Uganda. 



