KUNOL. SV. VET. AKADKMI UNS II A N I >l.l N(J \ K. MANI) 47. N:0 5. 65 



So late as when Reichenow wrote his great work »Vögel Afrikas» only one specimcn 

 of this bird was known and that was from Jkanga. Afterwards to my kn<>\\ I < r I - • - <.nl\ 

 one specimen more has been seen and shot viz. by G. H. Gurney 1 al Kibwezi. The sju - 

 cimen vvhicli I shot was also the only one seen during my expeditioji. 



Tricholsema lacrymosum Ca b. 



Rchw. II, ]>. 132. 



This species belonged to the acacia-steppe, while its relative T. sligmatolhorax evi- 

 dently preferred the thornbush. T. lacrymosum was shot at Luazomela river where it was 

 rather common. 



Tricholaema stigmatothorax Cab. 



Rchw. II, p. 133. 



A female shot at Njoro 26 /2 1911 had the ovary swelled. The species in qnestion 

 was common there as well as in other parts of the thornbush country north of Guaso 

 Nyiri even below Chanler Falls where specimens were obtained in March. 



Picidae. 



Iynx ruficollis Wage. 

 ( = 1. pectoralis [Vig.]). 



Rchw. II, p. 164. 



Only once I had the opportunity of securing a specimen of this bird viz. in a narrow 

 strip of forest at Rooruka river (April 4) not very far from Nairobi. Iris light greyish 

 brown. The length of wing of this male specimen was 96 mm. (90 mm. being recorded 

 by Reichenow, »Vögel Afrikas » II, p. 164). 



Dendromus taeniolsema (Rchw. Neum. ). 



Rchw. II, p. 172. 



This green Woodpecker was f irst obtained near Nairobi at »the Homestead » belong- 

 ing to Mrs Sandback-Baker. It was found in a patch of forest. It was a female with the 

 iris vinaceous red. Another specimen was secured in a strip of forest near Rooruka river. 



The same Woodpecker was also observed and shot in the forest at Escarpment 

 station. 



The distribution of this Woodpecker extends from Mpanga Forest east of Ruwen- 

 zori to Nairobi. It is evidently a member of the Central African forest fauna. 



1 Conf. »Ibis» 1909, p. 514. 



K. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. Band 47. N:o 5. 



