724 Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
The soft parts are:—Irides hazel ; bill blackish horn 
coloured, somewhat paler at base of lower mandible; legs 
and toes slate-coloured.] 
437. Campothera abingdoni. 
N. Illovo, Nov. (2); Z. Ngoye Hills, Oct. (1) ; P. 
Coguno, Aug. (3) ; Masambeti, Nov. (1) ; Beira, Nov., 
Dec., Feb. (3). 
[The Golden-tailed Woodpecker was procured in Nata 
and Zululand, and in the Inhambane, Beira, and Gorongoza 
districts of Portuguese East Africa. It was found especially 
plentiful in the Inhambane and Beira districts. It is always 
in pairs and frequents well-timbered country, being par¬ 
ticularly partial to the dead trees left standing in native 
clearings, where its continued tapping betrays its presence. 
It has a loud sharp cry, which can be heard at a considerable 
distance. The flight is straight and swift, though usually 
only from tree to tree, the bird pitching generally on the 
trunk and working up to the topmost branches, searching 
every crevice on the way. 
The soft parts of the adult are :—$ . Irides reddish brown 
or purple; bill dark slate-coloured ; legs and toes grey-slate- 
coloured. 
?. Irides brown; the rest of the soft parts as in the 
male.] 
438. Campothera smithi. 
Tv. Klein Letaba, Sept. (1). 
[Only on the occasion when I secured the specimen 
brought home have I seen this Woodpecker ; a pair were 
then observed. In cry and habits it resembles C. abingdoni . 
The soft parts are :—Irides reddish brown; bill blackish 
slate-coloured; legs and toes slate-coloured.] 
439. Campothera malherbii fulleborni. 
Neumann, Journ. f. Orn. 19C0, p. 204; O.-Grant, Bull. 
B. 0. C. xxi. 1908, p. 66. 
P. Masambeti, Nov. (2). 
This subspecies, recently described by Neumann from 
Langenburg on Lake Nyasa, seems to be hardly separable 
