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4. Otus senegalensis caeeus. — Ethiopia and Kenya Colony, south 

 to the Northern Guaso Nyiro River. 



5. Otus senegalensis socotrana. — The island of Socotra. 



6. Otus senegalensis feae. — Annobon Island. 



7. Otus senegalensis hendersoni. — Angola to the Katanga and 

 Northern Rhodesia. 



8. Otus senegalensis pusilla. — Boror to Beira, Mozambique. 



9. Otus senegalensis latipennis. — South Africa. I have seen no 

 material wherewith to judge the validity of intermedia Roberts and 

 grisea Roberts, and therefore lump them with latipennis^ at least for 

 the present. They may, however, be perfectly recognizable. 



I have seen no socotrana or feae^ but there seems to be no dispute 

 as to their validity. 



As elsewhere shown,'*" Madarasz's name konigseggi is a synonym 

 of vygmaea of Brehm. 



As was first indicated by Zedlitz ^^ the birds of the Tacazze dis- 

 trict, Sennar, and west of the Ethiopian highlands, are much lighter 

 than those found in eastern, central, and southern Ethiopia. The 

 former group are what are here called pygmaea^ the latter caeeus. 



According to Erlanger ** this owl is by no means an uncommon 

 bird in northeastern Africa, but because of its nocturnal habits, it 

 is seldom observed. The breeding season appears to be very pro- 

 longed and irregular, as Erlanger collected males with greatly 

 enlarged testes in November in southern Shoa, while Hilgert found 

 an incubating female on its eggs on April 3. 



CARINE NOCTUA SOMALIENSIS (Reichenow) 



Athene spilogastcr snmaliensis Reichenow, Vog. Afr., vol. 3, p. 822, 1905: 

 Somalilaiul. 



Two unsexed, Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, September 1, 1911. 



Male and female, Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, December 19-20, 1911. 



These four specimens appear to be the first recorded from Ethio- 

 pia and extend the known range of this bird westward for about 200 

 miles. The}' agree perfectly with a specimen from Gelloker, British 

 Somaliland (February 15, 1899), and are therefore not to be con- 

 sidered as intermediate between somaliensis and spilogaster (of 

 which latter form I have unfortunately seen no material). 



The female has some of the crown feathers white mediallj', while 

 the male has none with any white, but a few with lighter tawny 

 centers. 



"Friedmann, Auk, 1929, p. 521. 

 ^'Journ. f. Ornith., 1910, p. 731. 

 *'Ideui, 1904, p. 235. 



