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DENDROPICOS GUINEENSIS MASSAICUS Neumann. 



Dendropicus gaineemis Dumaicafi Neumann, Jouru. f. Ornitli., 1900, p. 20(5 

 (Ndalalani, Nguruman Lake, Masai Land, Uermaa Jvist Africa). 



A specimen from Mombasa recorded by Doctor Holland as De7idro- 

 picos IiarUauhl'' is just like our Taveta specimens, and is further evi- 

 dence of the propriet.y of recognizing this subspecies of Deadropicos 

 guineensis. 



Family INDICATORID^. 



MELIGNOTHES MINOR DIADEMATUS (Riippell). 



Indicator di.adcinalui< Ruim'ELL, Neue Wirb. Faun. Abyss., N'ugel, 1885, p. (il 

 (wooded region of Abyssinia). 



Specimens from Mombasa recorded 1\y Doctor Holland as Indicator 

 minor^'' agree with the Kilimanjaro bird, and show that M. m. dlade- 

 niatus is the form occurring at that locality. As with most of the 

 honey-guides, there is much individual variation in dladematus, but 

 this does not vitiate the characters of the race. It is of valuable inter- 

 est to note that Riippell discovered the mistake he made when descri))- 

 ing Indicator dkidematus^ and that after comparing his l)ird with a 

 specimen of minor iroxn the Cape of Good Hope he declared them 

 identical. -' 



MELIGNOTHES EXILIS MELIPHILUS Oberholser. 



Mdignothes exilis mdiphiluK Oberholser, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mns., XXYITI, 1905, 

 }). 869. (Taveta, British East Africa). 



In a paper appearing in the July issue of the Journal f iir Ornitho- 

 logie,'' and received since my paper was pulilished, Erlanger states 

 that Indicator minor teitensis Neumann '^ is a subspecies of exilis^ not, as 

 Doctor Reichenow intimates,'' of minor. If this proves to be the case, 

 I have probably redescribed Melignotlies exilis teitensis (Neumann) as 

 Melignothes exilis nielipJiilus., and the name teitensis of course should be 

 used for this race; if not, the forms of Melignothes stand as given in 

 my previous paper./ The status of the other members of the genus 

 is not affected Ijy this change. 



«Ann. Carnegie Mns., Ill, 1905, p. 456. 



''Neue Wirl). Fann. Abyss., \'<>gel, 1S:>5, p. 85; see also Oljerliolscr, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mns., XXVIII, 1905, p. 86S. 



'•Journ. f. Ornith., Jnly, 1905, pi). 464-467. 



''Llem, 1900, p. 195 (Bura, Teita, British Fast Africa). 



^ Vogel Afrikas, II, 1902, p. 112. 



/Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXVIII, 1905, pf). 868-874. 



