632 Messrs. Sclater and Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



Mesopicus paocephalus (Swains.) ; Butler, Ibis, 1908, 

 p. 248. 



[H. coll.] 1 Shendi May, Ber. ; 1 nr. Renk Feb. U.N. ; 

 1 Gardaiu Jan., 1 Poiigo Feb., 1 Chak Chak Feb., 

 1 Wau Apl. B.G. ; 3 Mongalla Jan. July, 1 Sheik 

 Tombe May, 1 Kenisa, 2 Gigging, 2 Shambe Jan. 

 Mon. ; 1 Lado Feb. L.E. 



[C. & L. coll.] 1 Jebel Alimed Agha Jan. U.N. 



[Chr. coll.] 3 Meridi Jan., 1 Yatubio Mch., 1 Wau 

 July-Aug. B.G. ; 1 Yei Dec. L.E. 



[Gurney coll.] 1 Meroe Jan. Ber. 



Mesopicos goertae abessinicus. 



Mesopicos goert(K abessinicus Reicliw. O. M. 1900, p. 58 : 

 Abyssinia; id. V. A. ii. p. 187. 



[B. coll.] 2 Roseires July, Aug. Sen. 



[C. & L. coll.] 2 Kamisa Dec., 1 Senga Dec. Sen. 



Owing to the large amount of material, notably from the 

 Sudan, which has come into the Museum since Claude Grant 

 reviewed this group (Ibis, 1915, pp. 467-170), we think it 

 advisable to do so again. As we now have specimens of 

 M. g. abessinicus Reichw., the connecting link between 

 M. goerta (S. Miill.) and M. spodocephalus (Bp.), it 

 becomes clear that all are best treated as subspecies of 

 M. goertce. 



We recognize the following races : — 



1. M. G. G0ERTJ5 (S. Mull.). 



Underside distinctly yellowish ; throat pale grey ; 

 centre of abdomen orange. 

 Range. Senegal. 



2. M. G. poicEPHALUS (Swaius.). 



Underside greyer, not so yellow, throat somewhat 

 darker grey, otherwise similar to M. g, goertte ; 

 centre of abdomen orange-red. 

 Range. Gambia to the mouth of the Congo on the west, 

 east to the Nile valley. 



