by Mr. Claude Grant in Soutli Africa. 72o 



from the typical form, C. malherbii, originally descriljed from 

 Zanzibar. 



However that may be, it is a new species for Soutli Africa, 

 though it was included by Swyunerton {' Ibis/ 1908, p. 410) 

 in his list of the birds of Gazaland, having been taken at 

 Chirinda on the Mashonaland-Portuguese frontier. 



Curiously enough, Gunning and Haagner in their recently 

 published Check-list of South- African birds include it on the 

 strength of its being recorded from Zomba (!) by Reichenow^ 

 I need hardly add that Zomba (in Nyasaland) is far to the 

 north of the Zambesi, the boundary for South Africa recog- 

 nised by these authors. 



[The occasion on which I secured my pair was the only 

 time that I saw this Woodpecker. In cry and habits it 

 exactly resembles the common C. abintjdoni., and except for 

 its smaller size can easily be passed over for that species. 

 Although the two S2)ecimens were shot on different days, I 

 have little doubt but that they were a pair, as the male was 

 found in the same tree in which the two birds had been 

 originally observed,] 



440. Dexdropicus cardixalis. 

 Tv. Woodbush, Jan. (1). 



440 a. Dexdropicus cardixalis hartlaubi. 



Z. Jususie Valley, Dec. (I); P. Coguno, Aug. (3); 

 ]\Iasambeti, Nov. (4) ; Tambarara, Apl., June (2) ; Tete, 

 Aug., Sept. (2). 



As one would naturally expect, the Zululand and Coguno 

 examples are more or less intermediate between the typical 

 form from South Africa and D. c. hartlaubi originally 

 described from Zanzibar. 



[•' Squopamiti '^ of the Zulus. 



This little Woodpecker was noted in most of the localities 

 visited in Eastern and East-Central South Africa from 

 Zululand northwards to the Zambesi. It was scarce in 

 Zululand, but became more plentiful the further north I 

 went, being especially so in Portuguese East Africa. It was 



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