414 



ZOOLOGICAL EESULTS OF THE EUWENZOEI EXPEDITION. 



[lieichenow's Spotted Woodpecker was obtained near Entebbe and all around tlie 

 foot of the mountains. It also occurs in the valleys up to an altitude of about 5000 ft. 

 —R. B. IF.] 



Family Indicatoeid^. 

 Indic.'^tor variegatus Less. 



Indicator variegatus Eeich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 108 (1902) ; Grant, Ibis, 1908, p. 309 [S.W. 

 Uganda]. 



a-c. cJ et $ imm. 110-130 miles W. of Entebbe, 4000 ft., 5th-10th Dec. 

 [Nos. 29, 42. B. E. B. ■ 2029. G. i.] 



Iris olive-brown ; bill dark horn-colour ; feet dark olive. 



I have already drawn attention to the differences in plumage between the adult and 

 young of this species in my paper ou Mr. Douglas Carruthers' collection quoted 

 above. 



[The Variegated Honey-Guide was seen only during the journey from Entebbe to 

 Ruwenzori. The note is a curious long-drawn trill. — B. B. IF.] 



Indicatok minor Steph. 

 Indicator minor Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 110 (1902j. 

 Indicator pygmesus Eeich. t. c. p. 112. 

 Indicator minor teitensis Neumann, J. f. O. 1900, p. 195. 



a. 6 . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 5500 ft., 22nd Feb. [No. 1262. D. C] 



Iris dark hazel ; bill black ; feet olive-grey. 



1 very much doubt if I. fygmwiis Keichenow (= /• minor teitensis Neumann) can 

 be distinguished from /. vmior, except perhaps by the most trifling difference in the 

 size of the bill and wing. The supposed dift'erence in the measurements given by 

 Dr. Heichenow (Vog. Afr. ii. p. 104) is due to sex and is of no specific value, the type 

 specimen of his I. pygmceus being a female with a wing measuring about 80 ram. 



The following m.easurements clearly illustrate the above remarks: — 



Measurements of wine. 



WalikOj Abyssinia .... 

 Wagga Mts., N. Somaliland . 



Athi River, B.E. Africa . . 

 Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori 

 Swaziland, S. Africa .... 

 Eland's Post, ,, .... 



