Vr TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Account of the species — Continued. 



Superorder Neognathae — Continued. Page 



Order Anserif ormes 37 



Family Anatidae 37 



Anas undulata riippelli 37 



Anas crecca 38 



Dendrocygna viduata 39 



Alopochen aegyptiacus 39 



Plectropterus gambensis gambensis •_ 41 



Cyanochen cyanopterus 41 



Order Falconif ormes . 42 



Family Sagittariidae 42 



Sagittarius serpen tarius 42 



Family Accipitridae 42 



Pseudogyps africanus 42 



Torgos tracheliotus nubicus 46 



Trigonoceps occipitalis 47 



Neophron percnopterus percnopterus 49 



Necrosy rtes monachus pileatus 51 



Milvus migrans parasitus 54 



Elanus coeruleus coeruleus 56 



Aquila verreauxi 58 



Aquila rapax raptor 58 



Lophaetus occipitalis j 62 



Terathopius ecaudatus 63 



Cuncuma vocifer damans 66 



Gypaetus barbatus meridionalis 69 



Buteo rufinus rufinus 69 



Buteo rufofuscus augur 70 



Accipiter minullus 74 



Accipiter rufiventris perspicUlaris 75 



Astur badius sphenurus 77 



Astur tachiro unduliventer 79 



Melierax musicus poliopterus 8L 



Melierax metabates metabates 84 



Melierax metabates neumanni 88 



Melierax gabar 88 



Circus macrourus 91 



Gymnogenys typicus typicus 92 



Family Falconidae 95 



Falco biarmicus abyssinicus 95 



Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus 96 



Falco tinnunculus carlo 98 



Falco ardosiaceus 98 



Polih ierax semitorquatus castanonotus 99 



Order Galliformes 102 



Family Perdicidae i 102 



Coturnix coturnix erlangeri ._ 102 



Coturnix delegorguei delegorguei 104 



Family Phasianidae 106 



Francolinus sephaena grantii 106 



Francolinus sephaena schoanus 111 



Francolinus africanus uluensis 112 



Francolinus africanus ellenbecki 113 



