. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. BIEDS OP ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 483 and lafresnayi is exceedingly involved. If it did not happen that two forms occurred side \yy side in various places in South and East Africa, the two might readily be considered one species, but inas- much as there is no evidence to suggest that these geographic co- incidences may be due to migration, or that the coincidence in each case is real only on paper, that is, on a map, but not in nature be-. O ICO zoo 300 4^00 J-OO f^lLCS ' —-' '- r - SCALE • FiGunE 22.—Distribution of DENDHoncos fuscescens i
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. BIEDS OP ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 483 and lafresnayi is exceedingly involved. If it did not happen that two forms occurred side \yy side in various places in South and East Africa, the two might readily be considered one species, but inas- much as there is no evidence to suggest that these geographic co- incidences may be due to migration, or that the coincidence in each case is real only on paper, that is, on a map, but not in nature be-. O ICO zoo 300 4^00 J-OO f^lLCS ' —-' '- r - SCALE • FiGunE 22.—Distribution of DENDHoncos fuscescens in northeastern Africa : 1, Dendkopicos fuscescens iiemprichii ; 2, Dendhopicos fuscescens massaicds cause of ecological variations in the small areas involved, it is neces- sary to use two binomials for the present. D. lafresnayi is more greenish-yellow, less clearly barred with black and white on the back than 1). fuscencens. The two races of Dendropicos fuscescens inhabiting the territory under discussion in this report are: 94312—30 32. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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