PEOM EQUATOEIAL AFRICA. 431 



43. Mesopicus ooertan (Gm.) ; Hargitt, Ibis, 1883, p. 412. 

 — Picus goertan, Heugl. op. cit. ii. p. 814 ; Hartl. op. cit. vii. 

 p. 109. 



A large series from Semmio. 



Tn some individuals the pale bars on the tail are very distinct 

 and reach nearly across the feather. Some specimens, however, 

 from the West Coast of Africa also show this character. 



44. Campothera cauoli (Malh.) ; Hargitt, Ibis, 1883, p. 480. 

 A female bird from Sassa, identical with others from the Grold 



Coast in the British Museum. Mr. Hargitt also confirms this 

 identification. 



45. Campothera permista {Reich.) ; Hargitt, Ibis, 1883, 

 p. 478. 



Ndoruma, November. Iris blackish brown. 



Ifc is interesting to find that the species from the Nyam-nyam 

 country is the same as that of the Gaboon and Congo instead of 

 being the Gold-Coast species C. maculosa. 



46. Campothera balia {Heitgl.). — Picus balius, Heugl. t. c. 

 p. 810. 



A female from Semmio, January. Iris violet. 



Mr. Hargitt, in his paper on the Woodpeckers of the Ethiopian 

 Eegion, has united this species to 0. Cailliaudi of Malherbe ; and 

 to judge from the description alone, which was all that Mr. 

 Hargitt had to found his opinion upon, the two species would 

 appear to be very similar. Heuglin's example was a male, and 

 the specimen now sent by Mr. Bohndorff is a female ; but I think 

 there can be no doubt that it is identical with the species de- 

 scribed by Heugliu. It seems to me that C. balia is a northern 

 form of G. Gailliaudi, distinguished by its spotted mantle and 

 upper back, and by the distinct black line along the upper edge 

 of the ear-coverts, as well as by the moustache. 



Cohors III. Coccyges. 

 Fam. Megal^minje. 



47. POGONORHTNCHTJS EoLLETT, Be Fil. ; Heitgl. t. c. p. 750 ; 

 Hartl. op. cit. vii. p. 112. 



Adult male from Kutschugali, September. Iris blackish 

 brown. 



