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ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE RUWEX/ORI EXPEDITION. 



[Keichenow's Spotted Woodpecker was obtained near Entebbe and all around trie 

 foot of the mountains. It also occurs in the valleys up to an altitude of about 5000 ft. 



— b. />'. jr.] 



Family Iudicatoeidj;. 

 Indicator variegatus Less. 



Indicator variegatus Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 108 (1902); Grant, Ibis, 1908, p. 30!) [S.W. 

 Uganda]. 



a-c. 6 et $ imm. 110-130 miles W. of Entebbe, 4000 ft., 5th-10th Dec. 

 Nos. 29, 42. B. E. I). ; 2020. G. L.] 



Iris olive-brown ; bill dark horn-colour ; feet dark olive. 



I have already drawn attention to the differences in plumage between the adult and 

 young- of this species in my paper on Mr. Douglas Carruthers' collection quoted 

 above. 



[The Variegated Honey-Guide was seen only during the journey from Entebbe to 

 Ruwenzori. The note is a curious long-drawn trill. — B. B. II".] 



Indicator minor Steph. 



Indicator minor Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 110 (1902). 

 Indicator pygmaus Reich, t. c. p, 112. 



Indicator minor teitensis Neumann, J. f. O. 1900, p. 195. 



a. 6 . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 5500 ft., 22nd Feb. [No. 1262. I). ( 



Iris dark hazel ; bill black ; feet olive-grey. 



1 very much doubt if I. pygmaeus Reichenow (= I. minor teitensis Neumann) can 

 be distinguished from 2. minor, except perhaps by the most trifling difference in the 

 size of the bill and wing. The supposed difference in the measurements given by 

 Dr. Reichenow (Vog. Afr. ii. p. 104) is due to sex and is of no specific value, the type 

 specimen of his I. pygmceus being a female with a wing measuring about 80 mm. 



The following measurements clearly illustrate the above remarks: — 



Measuremi nts of wing. 



Waliko, Abyssinia 



Wagga Mts., N. Somaliland 



Athi River, 15. E. Africa 

 Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzor 

 Swaziland, S. Africa . 

 Eland's Post, „ . . . 



87 (sex doubtful). 



