by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 725 
from the typical form, C. malherbii, originally described from 
Zanzibar. 
However that may be, it is a new species for South Africa, 
though it was included by Swynnerton ( f Ibis/ 1908, p. 410) 
in his list of the birds of GazaJand, having been taken at 
Chirinda on the Mashonaland-Portuguese frontier. 
Curiously enough. Gunning and Haagner in their recently 
published Check-list of South-African birds include it on the 
strength of its being recorded from Zomba (!) by Reichenow. 
1 need hardly add that Zomba (in Nyasaland) is far to the 
north of the Zambesi, the boundary for South Africa recog¬ 
nised by these authors. 
[The occasion on which I secured my pair was the only 
time that I saw this Woodpecker. In cry and habits it 
exactly resembles the common C. abingdoni , and except for 
its smaller size can easily be passed over for that species. 
Although the two specimens were shot on different days, I 
have little doubt but that they were a pair, as the male was 
found in the same tree in which the two birds had been 
originally observed.] 
440. Dendropicus cardinalis. 
Tv. Woodbush, Jan. (1). 
440 a, Dendropicus cardinalis hartlaubi. 
Z. Jususie Valley, Dec. (1); P. Coguno, Aug. (3); 
Masambeti, Nov. (4) ; Tambarara, Apl., June (2); Tete, 
Aug., Sept. (2). 
As one would naturally expect, the Zululand and Coguno 
examples are more or less intermediate between the typical 
form from South Africa and D. c. hartlaubi originally 
described from Zanzibar. 
[ u Squopamiti ” of the Zulus. 
This little Woodpecker was noted in most of the localities 
visited in Eastern and East-Central South Africa from 
Zululand northwards to the Zambesi. It was scarce in 
Zuluiand, but became more plentiful the further north I 
went, being especially so in Portuguese East Africa. It was 
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