874 PROCEEDlNd.S OF TlIK NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou xxviii. 



Geogrdj'Jnciii (l!sfi'!hnf!(>n.-W)\^^\\\\\\. iiiul H()iii>-(), south to Victoria 

 Nyanza. 



This foi 111 a})pcars to t)e easil.y separalih? from c.rHls^ though chiefly 

 oil account of its much hirgcr si/o and rathci- more greenish pileum 

 and cervix. 



The name Md'KjnotJies pachyr/iynchuii of Heuglin" undoubtedly 

 applies to a bird of the exiJis type, as an examination of his descrip- 

 tions and his accompanying- comments clearly shows. Doctor lieich- 

 enow's hi<l!cat<)r piignm^HS^^^ from the same general region, a little 

 farther to the southward, appears to be quite certainl}' the same, as 

 indicated by its almost identical dimensions and blackish-striped 

 mantle. The bird from Sotik recorded as true exilis by Doctor 

 Sharpc'' is probably also y>^/("/' ///■/' //y/r// //.v. 



lo. Melignothes exilis meliphilus < )l>rr]i(>hn\ 

 Meli(/)iotJn'.s <'.i;ilis mdtpldlas Okerholsee, ]). <st>9. 

 G('0(jTa]>liical cihtrihvilon. — Kilimanjaro region, eastern Africa. 



Family PICID.F.. 



CAMPETHERA NUBICA (Boddaert). 

 y^ic»,s ?H//;i«(.s' BoDDAKRT, Tal)l. Plaii. Enluiii., 17S;>, p. 41 (Nubia). 



Two adult females: one from Taveta, the other from the plains east 

 of Mount Kilimanjaro. "Irides pink.'' Both are apparently t3"pical, 

 showing no approach io pallida or ncmnaruu. 



Misled by an incorrect quotation of Captain Shelle3^\s,"' which inad- 

 vertently w as not verified at the time, the present writer was unfortu- 

 nately induced to enter a plea*" for the retention of the generic name 

 Dendromns for the group to which the above species belongs. The 

 proper name, however, is undoubtedly Campethera Gra}', since 

 DendroaiiiH Swainson, lS;i7, is preoccupied by DendroniUH Smith, -^ 

 which lattei" proves to be identical in orthography. 



DENDROPICOS GUINEENSIS MASSAICUS Neumann. 



DenxlTdplvuH t/iiineeiinlii ;y(r^s•,sYf/^(^^' Neumann, Journ. f. Ornith., 1900, p. 206 (Ndala" 

 laui, Nyurunian Lake, Masai Land, German East Africa). 



Two adult females from Taveta. These both are apparently typical 

 of the small-sized form Avith r(Hl upper tail-coverts and distinctly 

 barred back, which Neumann has named as above, and which seems to 

 be an excellent race, although Doctor Keichenow is inclined to deny 

 it recognition.'' 



"Journ. f. Ornith., lS(i4, p. 266; Ornith. N,ordost-Afr. , I, 1871, p. 773. 



?>Idein, 1892, p. 24. 



<■ Ibis, 1892, p. 309. 



f' Birds of Africa, 1, 1896, p. 131, footnote. 



' Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXTI, 1899, p. 14. 



./"Smith, Zool. Journ., IV, 1S29, ]>. 4.39. 



r/VogelAfricas, II, 1902. p. 194. 



