266 N'OVITATES ZoOLOnUAE XXV, 191S. 



the undersurface white with numerous blackish droplet spots which are rather 

 smaller than those on specimen 3. 



The under tail-coverts also differ, thus in specimen 1 they arc pure white, 

 in 2 wliite \\-ith traces of black shaft streak, in 3 distinct black shaft streak and 

 spots, in 4 wide black shaft streaks and black spots. 



Tliis bird is so seldom collected as to be considered rare in collections, but 

 I am certain that it is fairly plentiful. 



11. Falco cuvieri Sm. (African Hobby). 



o 1. Frequently seen but seldom obtained. The specimen procured was 

 shot late one evening high up in the air where it was feeding on the large white 

 ants which were flighting at the time. 



STBIGIDAE. 



1. Bubo aJricanus cinerascens Guer. (Lesser Long-eared Owl). 



cJ 1. Tliis specimen is in fair condition but appears to be rather greyer 

 than typical birds. 



This owl was met with on the foothills in fair numbers. 



2. Asio capensis Smith (Long-eared Grass Owl). 

 ? 1. Fairly common, Ijeing frequently flushed in the reed-beds by rivers. 



3. Otus senegalensis Swains. (Cape Little Owl). 

 <J 1. A single specimen was shot. It is of a distinctly rufous shade. 



4. Otus senegalensis ugandae Neum. (Uganda Little Owl). 



<J 2, ? 1. At certain times these birds seem plentiful and are no doubt 

 local migrants. The specimens procured are all alike. 



5. Syrnium woodJordi, ab. suahehcum Reichw. ab. nigiicantius Sharpe 



(Brown Forest Owl). 



(J 2, ? 2. In this small series two birds are in the darker phase and two 

 brown. A nestling in do\\ n procured near Nairobi \\as of a pale dirty white 

 tinged with brownish, uith the wings blackish-brown faintly banded with whitish. 

 It is now four months old and is assuming a blackish dress so far as the mantle 

 is concerned, but the undersurface is distinctly rufous. 



I cannot admit these varieties as distinct forms. These birds inhabit the 

 forests and select the dense places in which to roost during the day. 



PSITTACIDAE. 



1. Poicephalus meyeri saturatus Sharpe (Yellow-shouldered Parrot). 



o 1, V 2. So much variation occurs in these birds that it is almost 

 impossible to correctly place any one specimen unless the locality is given. The 

 specimens obtained ought to belong to P. m. saturatus ; they, however, lack the 

 yellow on the crown, have decidedly blue rumps, and are distinctly washed with 

 green on the upperside. 



