collected in East Africa. 307 



Psalidoprocne petiti (nee S. & B.) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1889, 

 p. 359 (Taveta). 



No. 28. c?- Sotik, Aug. 29, 1889. 

 No. 267. c?. Mount Elgon, Feb. 14, 1890.— Plentiful at 



8000 feet. 



Nos. 284, 290. ^ ? . Mount Elgon, 7000 feet, Feb. 20, 



1890. — Bill black ; feet brown ; iris brown. Found a 



colony of these birds breeding inside a large cave. Nest 



made entirely of Orchella- weed, placed inside small 



recesses in the sides of tlie cave. Eggs two, pure white. 



Although ray friend Dr. Reichenow has considered this to 



be only an eastern race of P. petiti, I look upon it as quite 



a distinct bird and worthy of full specific rank. It is almost 



entirely greenish black, not brown, as is P. petiti, though it 



has light-coloured under wing-coverts, as in the latter species. 



This is doubtless the " smaller '' black Swallow spoken of by 



my late friend Colonel Grant. (C/. Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, 



p. 291.) 



Mr. Hunter^s specimen from Taveta (r/. Shelley, /. s. c.) is 

 in worn and moulting plumage, and it was therefore not easy 

 to determine the species to which it belongs. Having com- 

 pared it with the examples of P. orientalis obtained by Mr. 

 Jackson^ I find that it is undoubtedly identical with them. 



Order PICI FORMES. 

 Fam. PiciDiE. 

 [N.B. — All the Woodpeckers have been identified for me 

 by my friend Mr. E. Hargitt.] 



167. Campothera nubica. 



Campothera nubica (Gm.) ; Hargitt, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. 

 xviii. p. 93 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 126 (Kau; Barawa; 

 Usaramo ; Pangani) ; Reichen. J. f . O. 1887, p. 60 (Irangi) ; 

 Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 296 (Mashundwani) ; id. P. Z. S. 1889, 

 p. 356 (Useri River) ; Emin, J. f. O. 1891, p. 59 (Ugogo). 



Stictopicus nubicus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Geuov. (2) i. p. 88 

 (1884; Shoa), vi. p. 211 (1888). 



No. 249. 6. Save, :Mt. Elgon, 6000 feet, Feb. 11, 1890.— 

 Irides dull crimson ; bill dusky slate-colour ; legs dull 

 pea-green. 



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