APPENDIX 327 



Honey-guides {Indicator) 



Several species occur, notably Indicator major, and /. 

 variegatics, the Scaly-throated Honey-guide, more particularly 

 described in Chap. XXII. 



Woodpeckers 



Many species observed, large and small ; but (as with the 

 Barbets) I had no opportunit}^ of identifying these. 

 Thripias schoensis \ 



Mesopicus spodocephalus \ are conspicuous (F. J. Jackson). 

 Dendropicus lafrcsnayi J 



Swallows 



Our common Chimney Swallow is abundant in winter, and 

 its " mobilisation " in February for the northward journey has 

 already been described (p. 144). Other species, unknown to me 

 (particularly a small kind with speckled breast), were perform- 

 ing a similar function simultaneously. 



Another species aj^pears in March — all white beneath, 

 flecked with grey " ticks," but without the black breast-band. 

 This is Hirundo pudla. Its crown and rump are chestnut, 

 the mantle glossy steel-blue. This appeared to be only one of 

 several species with " flecked " breasts. 



Flycatchers 



Spotted Flycatcher — Muscicapa grisola. Though not actually 

 observed by us, is recorded from Kibwezi, on the Uganda 

 railway, as early as September 24 ; and at Teita as late 

 as April 6 {Ibis, 1901, p. 87) ; from Tanganyika {Ibis, 

 1899, p. 375), and occurs in winter as far south as the 

 Transvaal, 



In a letter just received (June 1908), Mr. Jackson 

 mentions that Spotted Flycatchers remained in his garden 

 at Nairobi this year up to the middle of April. 



In the Mau Forest (see p. 194) we observed black-and- 

 white birds, obviously Flycatchers, but of a species quite 

 unknown to us. 



