8 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



BuBULCUS IBIS (Linne). 



1? sex, Aradeiba, Blue-Nile, 15 Jan. 



Common. The stomach of this specimen contained two lizards, 

 two locusts, and a butterfly. 



Falconidae. 

 Circus macrurus (S. G. Gmelin). 



Pair, ]Magangani, Blue-Nile, 28 Jan.; Ereifa el Dik, Binder, 10 Feb. 

 Common about marshy spots. 



Melierax met abates (Heuglin). 



2 9 's, Ereifa el Dik, Binder, 11 Feb.; Singa, Blue-Nile, 29 Dec. 

 Very common everywhere. The commonest hawk. 



Microxisus gabar (Baudin). 



3 9 's, Galegu, Binder, 20 Feb.; ]\Iagan^ani, Blue-Nile, 28 Jan. 

 Not common. 



MiCRONisus NIGER (Vieillot). 



Pair, Roseires, Blue-Nile, 24 Jan.; Gabardi, 31 Bee. 

 Uncommon. 



AsTUR SPHENURUS (Riippell). 



1 d^ , Roseires, Blue-Nile, 23 Jan. 

 Only one seen. 



LoPHOAETUS OCCIPITALIS (Baudin). 



1 9 , Roseires, Blue-Nile, 11 Jan. 

 Seen only in a few places, uncommon. 



TCauptfat.co monogrammicus monogrammicus (Temminck). 



1 cf , Fazogli, Blue-Nile, 16 Jan. 



Uncommon. Shot with a grass-rat (Arvicanthis) in the claws. 



