412 ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE RUWENZORI EXPEDITION. 



from Zululand (Gordr/e) show traces of a dull crimson patch. The range of M. ruioen- 

 zori, as at present known, extends from Ruwenzori to Kilimanjaro, Tanganyika, and 

 X vasal and. 



[The Ruwenzori Woodpecker was obtained only at altitudes of from 0000 to 

 10,000 ft., and was most plentiful in the forest-zone from 6500 to 8000 ft. It was 

 nowhere numerous. — R, B. IF .] 



Mesopicus pyocephalus (Swaiuson). 

 Mesopicus pyocephalus Grant, Ibis, 1902, p. 4.25 ; Jackson, Ibis, 1902, p. 641 [Entebbe]. 



a. 6 . 00 miles W. of Entebbe, 3500 ft., 29th Nov. [No. 1018. 1). C] 



b. d . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 5000 ft., 14th March. [No. 143G. 1). C] 



d. 



c-g. 6 2 . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 5th-24th May. [Nos. 1503, 1508, 

 1545, 1617, 1619. 1). 6'.] 



Iris dark brown or reddish-brown ; bill black, whitish on the lower mandible ; feet 

 dark grey. 



The relations of this species have already been fully discussed in my paper quoted 

 above. 



[The Goertan Woodpecker was observed near Entebbe and throughout the acacia- 

 country at the south end of Ruwenzori, as well as in the Semliki Valley. It was 

 found on the lower slopes of Ruwenzori up to about 5000 ft., but above that its place 

 was taken by M. ruwenzori Sharpe. — B. B. W.~] 



Mesopicus ellioti (Cassin). 



Mesopicos ellioti Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 374 (1890) [type described]; Reich. Vog. 

 Afr. ii. p. 185 (1902) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 443 [Cameroon]. 



a. <s . Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 19th Sept, [No. 541. B. E. 1).] 



Iris crimson ; bill slate-colour ; feet olive-green. 



This specimen agrees in every detail with the type-specimen, which is also a male 

 and was procured at the Muni River, Gaboon. The occurrence of this species in the 

 Mpanga Forest, though not unexpected, is of great interest. 



[A few examples of Elliot's Woodpecker were seen in the Mpanga Forest about 

 30 miles east of Ruwenzori, but the species was never met with on that range. — B.B.I]'.] 



Dendbopicus zanzibabi Malli. 



Dendropicos hartlaubi Wall).; Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 193 (1902). 

 Dendropicus zanzibari Grant, Ibis, 1905, p. 211 [S. Uganda]. 



a. 2 . Entebbe, 3500 ft., 21st Nov. [No. 1003. 1). C] 



Iris dark red ; bill black ; feet dark olive-green. 



