— 97 — 

 2. — Dendropicos i.afrf.snayi camerunensis. 



Dendropicos camerunensis Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 443 : River Ja, 

 Canieroon. 



Range. — Cameroon. 



Distinguishing chaiacteys, — Has the ground colour of the 

 iipper parts darker than 1). l. lafresnayi (Cf. Ibis, 1921, p. 83, 

 where I give mv reasons for recognising thisrace). 



3. — Dendropicos lafresnayi zechi. 



Cf. supra (p. 94). 



Range. — Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Sierra Leone, Gold 

 Coast, Togoland, N. and S. Nigeria. 



Distinguishing charadcrs. — See C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, P- 462. 



Note. — Dendropicos lafresnayi loandae C. Grant (from Angola) 

 I hâve transferred to the ftiscescens group for the reasons already 

 given under that bird. 



4. — Dendropicos lafresnayi lepidus. 



Ipocionus lepidus C\B. and Heine, Mus. Hein., vol. IV, pt. 2, 1863, 

 p. 118 ; Abvssinia. 



Synonym. — Dendropicos simoni Oglivie-Grant (Konduro, 

 Abyssinia). 



Range. — Sudan (Mongalla Prov., Lado enclave, Bahr-el-(iha- 

 zal), Abyssinia, Eastern Belgian Congo, Kenya Colony, Tanga- 

 nvika Territory. 



Distinguishing characters. — Cf. C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 462. 



