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Show 1881.] BIRDS F R O M EASTERN AFRICA. 593 143. BARBATULA OLIVACEA. Barbatula olivacea, Shelley, Ibis, 1880, p. 334, pi. 7. Rabbai, near Mombas (Wakefield). I procured a single specimen, the type, out of a small collection made by the Rev. T. Wakefield. This species may be easily recognized by its general olive colour only shading into black on the front of the head. 144. PICUS NUBICUS. Picus nubicus, Gm., Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 509; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 253; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 292; id. J. f. 0.1879, p. 289. Ipagrus nubicus, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 239. Lamo. This species is confined to East Africa, where it ranges from 20° N. lat. in Nubia to Mombas. 145. DENDROBATES SCHOENSIS. Picus schoensis, Riipp., Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1879, p. 343. Ugogo. Dr. Fischer collected this species at Muniuni. It ranges in East Africa from Ugogo to about 10° N. lat. In South Africa it is represented by the closely allied D. namaqueus. 146. Picus FULVISCAPUS. Picus hartlaubi, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 512; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 711 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1877, p. 207 ; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 254 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 292. Ipoctonus hartlaubi, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 238. Dendropicus fulvsicapus, 111., Gurney, Ibis, 1879, p. 298. Pangani; Usambara hills; Usambara mountains ; Ugogo ; Dar-es- Salaam. This species ranges throughout Africa south of 40° S. lat. 147. INDICATOR VARIEGATUS, Less. Indicator variegatus, Sharpe, new ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 167; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1879, p. 342. Usambara hills. Dr. Fischer collected this species at Ualimi; and Mr. Sharpe (/. c.) records it from Mombas. It ranges through East and South Africa, from Mombas to the Knysna in Cape Colony. 148. CUCULUS POLIOCEPHALUS, Lath. a. Lamo (Kirk) ; b. Durban (Gordge). The two specimens from Africa are unfortunately both immature; but their small size prevents me from referring them to any hitherto described member of this group from Africa. They agree, however, exactly with an immature specimen of C. poliocephalus in Mr. See- |