1919-] On certain Subspecies of Woodpeckers. 179 



I have been unable to find anything of any interest 

 recorded with regard to habits. Bates mentions that his 

 Cameroon specimen had remains of some sort of squirrel 

 in its stomach. My friend who sent me the specimen from 

 eastern Pondoland, stated that this was one of a pair wliich 

 had been chasing his tame pigeons. Judging by its pro- 

 portions and likeness to H. sjnlogaster, I should think that, 

 like that species, it was probably a highly predaceous species, 

 preying on such birds and mammals as partridges, pigeons, 

 hares, etc. 



The distribution of this Eagle would appear to extend 

 from Somaliland on the east and Togoland on the west, 

 southwards probably as far as the Cunene River, on the 

 west, then along the Zambezi, and through the eastern 

 districts of South Africa as far as Port Elizabeth. 



In concluding these notes I must ask to be forgiven if 

 there is a lack of concise ideas, as I am no writer. I trust, 

 however, that my words, and the accompanying plate, will 

 lead to a better knowledge of this Eagle. 



XI. — Note on certain recently described Subspecies of 

 Woodpeckers. By H. C. Robinson, M.B.O.U., C.M.Z.S. 



In a recent number of this Journal (1918, pp. 107-109) 

 Mr. C. Boden Kloss has described four additional subspecies 

 of the Bay Woodpecker [Micropternus brachyurus) for which, 

 however, in three cases no types have been designated, which 

 is contrary to all modern practice. 



As I have recently had access to the entire material on 

 which these races are based and many additional skins, as 

 well as to the important papers of Hesse * which were not 

 available in the Malay Peninsula at the time Mr. Kloss 

 wrote his paper, the following remarks may tend to 

 elucidate matters. 



* Berlin Mitt. Zool. Mus. vi. 1912, pp. 131-261. 



