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BULLETIN 15 3, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Besides the three birds collected by Mearns (listed above) only one 

 other specimen has been available for comparison — an adult female 

 (M.C.Z. 98370) from the Arussi highlands of Ethiopia, collected by 

 Erlanger. The measurements of the four specimens are as follows: 



The females are darker below than the males and have the chin 

 less pure white than the latter. 



According to Neumann ^^ this goose is not known from south of 

 the Hawash Valley. It is a bird of the highlands, occurring at 

 altitudes of from 8,000 to 10,500 feet (2,400 to 3,200 meters). Er- 

 langer ^^ found it very common at Adis Abeba and in the Djamdjam 

 highlands. 



Order FALCONIFORMES 

 Family SAGITTARIIDAE 



SAGITTARIUS SERPENTARIUS (MUIer) 



Falco serpentarius J. F. Miller, Icon. Anim., pi. 28, 1779 : Cape of Good Hope. 



No specimens of the secretary bird were collected by the Frick 

 expedition, but in his field diarj'^ Mearns noted seeing 1 on the Thika 

 River, August 27; 2 on the Athi River, August 31, and 4 at the latter 

 locality on September 1. 



Not having any material from northeastern Africa or from Sene- 

 gal, I can not deal with the so-called races, orientalis and gmiibiensis, 

 and follow Sclater ^^ in considering them identical with serpentarius. 



Family ACCIPITRIDAE 



PSEUDOGYPS AFRICANUS (Salvadori) 



Oyps africanus Salvadori, Not. Stor. R. Acad. Torino, 1865, p. 133 : Sennar. 



/Specimens collected: 



One immature unsexed, Adis Abeba, Ethiopia, January 11, 1912. 



Female, Bodessa, Ethiopia, May 28, 1912. 



Female (foot only), Bodessa, Ethiopia, May 28, 1912. 



•« Journ. f. Ornlth., 1904, p. 329. 



«'Idem, 1905, pp. 54-55. 



« Syst. Avium Ethiop., 1924, p. 46. 



