Zomba District of Nyasaland. 231 



Zomba. Two specimens, both typically coloured. 

 This species apparently never ranges so far north as 10° 

 S. lat. 



14. Dendropicus zanzibari. 



Dendropicus zanzibari, Malh. ; Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 12; 

 1894, pp. 9, 467. 



Dendropicus hartlaubi (nee Malh.) ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch- 

 Ost-Afr. p. 122. 



Zomba. A fine adult female : wing 3'4 inches. 



All the specimens of this Woodpecker that I have seen 

 from Nyasaland are very similar in size and belong to this 

 small form. D. cardinalis, Hargitt (Cat. B. xviii. p. 295), 

 the largest form, has the wing-measurements from 3"6 in 

 the female to 375 in the male, and appears to me a fairly 

 well-marked southern form not yet known from north of the 

 Zambesi and Quanza rivers, while D. zanzibari extends 

 north from these rivers to Lamu in East Africa and the 

 Congo in West Africa, as has already been pointed out by 

 Hargitt in his admirably worked-out catalogue. 



15. TURDUS LIBONYANUS. 



Turdus libonyanus (Smith) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 12, 

 1894, p[>. 9, 468; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 233. 

 Zomba. One specimen. 



16. TuRDUS MILANJENSIS. 



Turdus milanjensis, Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 12; 1894, p. 9. 



Zomba. One specimen. 



This very well-marked species is known only from Nyasa- 

 land, where it is found on the highlands of Mount Zomba 

 and Mount Milanji. 



17. Pratincola torquata. 



Pratincola torquata (Linn.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 15 ; 

 1894, p. 12. 



Zomba. One specimen. 



This species does not appear to pass north of 10° S, lat., 

 which I consider to be the northern limit of the South African 

 Subregion. 



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