426 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on 
75. Campothera nubica. 
Campothera nubica (Gmel.) ; Witherby^ p. 265 ; Grant & 
Reidj p. 666. 
a. S ' Kaka, 13th March. No. 133. 
b. c^ imm. 20 miles N. of Fashoda. 6th April. No. 297. 
Iris hazel; bill slaty grey ; legs greenish ash. 
[The Nubian Woodpecker is fairly common. — R. M. H.] 
76. Iyngipicus obsoletus. 
lyngipicus obsoletus (Wagl.) ; Hargitt^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xviii. p. 336 (1890) ; Witherby, p. 265. 
a,b. (J ? . Fashoda, 26th March. Nos. 193, 194. 
Iris light brown ; bill dusky ; legs greyish. 
[This pigmy Woodpecker is rare : I only saw three pairs. — 
3. M. H.] 
77 . Melanobucco vietlloti. 
Under this title two distinct forms have been united in 
the ' Catalogue of Birds.' That from Abyssinia is, how- 
ever, quite different from that found in West Africa, and the 
two should be separated as follows : — 
(1) Melanobucco vieilloti. 
Pogonias vieilloti Leach, Zool. Misc. ii. pi. 97 (1815). 
Bucco fuscescens Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. iii. p. 241 
(1816). 
Melanobucco vieilloti Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 26 
(1891) [pai't., Abyssinia, specimen o] ; Witherby, p. 265. 
Adult. Feathers of the middle of the back mostly white ; 
throat, chest, and middle of the breast white, each feather 
with a small scarlet spot at the tip, giving these parts a 
spotted appearance; sides of the breast and flanks white, 
tinged with yellow, the latter shewing few, if any, black 
shaft-stripes. 
Hab. Abyssinia and the White Nile. 
No trace can now be found of Leach's type, once in the 
British Museum; but there can be no doubt that the bird 
which he figured was the spotted Abyssinian form. 
a. cJ . Fashoda, 2nd April. No. 285. 
b,c. c^ ? . Kaka, 24th April & 1st May. Nos. 399, 414. 
