of the Ethiopian Region. 475 



restore the latter name to the species. As before mentioned, 

 I have examined Swainson^s types in the Cambridge Mu- 

 seum, and there can be no doubt that they are the same as 

 C. ahingoni of Smith. 



No ornithologist appears to have seen an example of the 

 present species from West Africa, if we except the record of 

 Hartlaub of a specimen from Casamanze {Payes). In this 

 case I cannot but think that some mistake has occurred 

 in the identification of the specimen, though I candidly 

 confess that I cannot hazard a conjecture as to the species to 

 which it should be referred. The only other truly West- 

 African specimen which has been referred to C. chrysura is 

 one collected on the Rio Loge, in Angola, by the late Mr. 

 INlonteiro. This specimen is in the British Museum ; and 

 Mr. Sharpe now agrees with me that it is more probably C. 

 smithi, and that it certainly is not C. ahingoni. 



I have seen several specimens of the present species from 

 Natal, and Capt. Shelley has it from Zulu Land. Mr. Sharpe 

 also records it from Swazi Land. 



The specimen from Mombasa mentioned by Mr. Gurney 

 (/. c.) is also now in the British Museum ; it is not quite 

 typical, as it has an olive shade on the head, which is not 

 seen in examples from South-east Africa ; but I should 

 wish to see more specimens before finally pronouncing on 

 the distinctness of the INIombasa Woodpecker. 



10. Campothera maculosa. 



Picus maculosus, Valenc. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. 1826, p. 173 (?) ; 

 Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 62 (1866). 



Picus olivaceus, Gray, Zool. Misc. 1831, p. 18 ( ? ), 



Dendromus brachyrhynchus, Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 160 

 (1837) ; id. Classif. B. ii. p. 307 (1837). 



Campethera brachyrhynchus , Gray, List Gen. 1841, p. 70. 



Picus (Chloropicos) rufoviridis, Malh. Rev. Zool. 1845, 

 p. 401. 



Chloronerpes rufoviridis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 443 (1845); 

 Reichenb. Handb. Scans. Picinae, p. 335 (1854). 



Dendrobates olivaceus, Gray, Gen. B. ii, p. 437 (1846). 



