642 On Birds obtained in British East Africa. 
with the under surface as in M. pceocephalus, the centre of 
the abdomen heing only slightly washed with yellow. 
I have six specimens from Niam-Niam now before me. 
All are clearly washed with yellow on the abdomen, and. 
three of them (2 c^ , 1 $ ) have the centre of the helly 
scarlet. 
All Mr. Jackson^s specimens are washed with yellow, and 
one male has a distinct trace of scarlet on the centre of the 
lower breast and abdomen. They are rather light olive- 
yellow on the upper surface, and approach in tint typical 
M. goertan from Senegal. 
In the case of Woodpeckers, birds which quickly wear 
their plumage out and get it soiled, it is very difficult to 
institute comparisons of specimens exactly in the same state 
of plumage ; while in the case of M. goertan, I think that all 
the characters for the separation of races are veiy unstable, 
and I consider that Mr. Grant was right in saying that 
Dr. Eeichenow's races cannot be upheld (Ibis, 1902, p. 425). 
Attention should be called to the way in which the bars on 
the wings and tail vary in extent, these being sometimes 
altogether absent on the latter. There are often dusky bars 
on the sides of the body, but most of these characters are 
indications of immaturity, as already pointed out by Mr. 
Hargitt (Cat. B. xviii. p. 370).— R. B. S.] 
349. Iynx pectoralis. 
lynx pectoralis Yig. ', Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. 
p. 565 (1890) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 308 (Save, Mt. Elgon) ; 
Eeichen. Yog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 120, fig. 54 (1894 : Lake 
Naivasha) ; Neiim. J. f. O. 1900, p. 201 (Ssubugo, N.W. 
Masailand) . 
No. 163. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, July 8, 1896. Bill 
dusky horn-coloured ; feet greenish horn-coloured ; iris pale 
brown. Two seen. 
Nos. 344, 345. (? ? ad. Ravine, Aug. 30, 1896. 
No. 476. c? ad. Ravine, Feb. 21, 1897. 
Nos. 691, 692. (^ ? ad. Ravine, July 24, 1897. 
No. 762. (^ juv. Lake Naivasha, Aug. 12, 1897. 
