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60. Falco ruficollis Swains. 



<S. July, Upper Shir^ River. "Bill horn-colonr at tip, dull yellow at base; 

 lores and cere cbrome-yellow ; tarsus aud feet bright orange-yellow, claws dull 

 black. Stomach contained remains of a small bird." 



01. Pseudogyps africanus (Salvad.). 



<? ad. Upper Shird River, July 7th, 1895. "Bill with bare skin at base, and 

 round the eyes very dark slate, almost black; irides brown; tarsus and feet slaty 

 black. Stomach pieces of crocodile." 



62. Lophogyps occipitalis (Burdi.). 



? ad. Upper Shird River, July Tth. " Bill, distal half orange-red, basal half 

 greenish blue; irides brown; upper part of bare throat and neck purple; naked skin 

 round eves, eyelids, aud base of beak inclining to pink; tarsus aud feet white with 

 jiinkish tiuge; claws very dark blackish horn-colour." The yoau<^ J'emale had the 

 " irides hazel; claws horn-colonr, with pale brownish bases; legs yellowish white, and 

 aU the other colours fainter." 



In both the old and young bird I find the bare part of the throat and foreneck 

 crossed by narrow lines of dark brown caruncles, very obvious in the old, only thin 

 aud softer in the young bird. 



63. Haliaetus vocifer (Dand.). 

 Young in first plumage, with parts of down left (not .sexed), and ? ad. Upper 

 Shir6 River, July. The young bird had the "bill dark horn-colour; irides light 

 yellow; claws dirty white. In the stomach were fish-bones." 



64. Milvus aeg5rptius (Gm.). 

 Adult birds with yellow bills in August and September on the Lake aud cm the 

 Shir(5 River. 



0.5. Cerclineis dickinsoni (Scl.). 

 c?. July 31st, Upper Shire River. " Bill dark slate-colour, fading to dull 

 yellow at base of mandible; cere aud lores bright lemon-yellow; irides dark brown; 

 tarsus and feet lemon-yellow; claws brownish black. Stomach contained large 

 grasshoppers." 



06. Oena capensis (I;.). 

 This commou African bird was met with frei|ucnlly. It bred in June. 



07. Turtui" semitorquatus (Uiipp.). 

 Upper Shire River. " Iris bright orange-red." 



08. Turtur damarensis Shell. 

 May, Lake Nyassa. " Iris very dark hazel." 



OV). Chalcopelia afra (L.;. 

 Mdokas aud Upper Shire River. 



