640 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds 
346. Dendropicus simoni. 
Dendropicus simoni Grant, Bull. B. O. C. x. p. xxxviii 
(1900) ; id. Ibis, 1900, p. 304 (Konduro, Abyssinia). 
Dendropicus simonis Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 218 (1900). 
No.188. ? ad. K-avine, July 22,1896. Bill slate -coloured ; 
feet greenish horn-coloured ; iris brown. 
No. 189. ? ad. Ravine, July 22, 1896. Bill slate- 
coloured, lower mandible horn-blue with slate-coloured tip ; 
feet olive-green ; iris dark crimson. 
No. 511. c? '^"oam. Ravine, March 5, 1897. Fairly 
plentiful and frequently found on a dead tree. Makes very 
little noise when pecking, and unless one stands close up to 
or under the tree it cannot be heard. 
No. 552. ? ad. Ravine, March 22, 1897. 
No. 924. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, March 22, 1898. 
Nos. 1077, 1078. S 2 ad. Nandi, 6500 feet. May 6, 
1898. Bill dark slate-coloured, lower mandible dusky horn- 
blue; feet olive-green; iris crimson-brown. This, the smallest 
of our Woodpeckers, is fairly plentiful in Nandi. 
• Nos. 1088, ? ad. ; 1094, S imm. Nandi, 6500 feet. 
May 9, 10, 1898. 
No. 1164. S ad. Nandi, 6500 feet. May 28, 1898. 
[Prof. Reichenow (Orn. MB. 1901, p. 167) believes that 
D. simoni is D. lepidus (Cab. & Heine). — R. B. S.] 
347. Thripias schoensts. 
Thripias schoensis (Riipp.) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xviii. p. 308 (1890). 
Thripias namaquus schoensis Hartert, Nov. Zool. vii. p. 33 
(1900: Nairobe). 
No. 266. S ad. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 15, 1896. Bill 
dark horn-blue, lower mandible paler; feet slate-coloured; 
iris crimson. One of a pair. 
No. 523. S ad. Ravine, March 7, 1897. 
[These specimens have quite a greenish shade on the under 
parts, as well as on the upper surface. I think, however, 
that this indicates freshness of plumage, as it is to be noticed 
in the specimen killed at Nairobe by the Mackinder Expe- 
