NO. 1373. NEW BIRDS FROM SOMALI LA ND—OBERTTOLSER. 789 



The Jidult female of this new f()nul)Oiir.s out (he < liaractcrs cxliihitcd 

 by the male. As will ])e noticed by reference to the measiucincnts, 

 tliere is apparentl}' no difference in size between true /*. sriiufonjimtiis 

 and /*. Kcmitorqtiatiis homopterus. The lattei- is evidenth' a })alc (h^scrt 

 race, probaldy confined chiefly if not wholly to Somali Land. The 

 tA'pe of Pol Ihtrrd.i' semitorquatus"' came from near old Latakoo. South 

 Africa, and birds from the region of Mount Kilimanjaro seem to be the 

 same. While no specimens have been examined from nearci- the tvpe 

 locality of Ileuo'lin's Ihjpotviorehi^ cdxtanoHotiix^'' which is (Jondokoi-o, 

 on the White Nile, between 4° and 6° north latitude, it is r(>asoiiabiy 

 certain that this name belongs as a synonym under Poll/ilrra.r scmi- 

 torquatu.s seniitor(/>iatius. 



(tFalco mmitorquata (err. typ.) Smith, Rep. Exped. Explor. Cent. Afr., 1836, p. 44. 

 6 Ibis, 1860, p. 407. 



