Accipiier minullus tropicalis Rchw. — Rchw. I. p. 562. 

 1 (5 juv. 27. 4. Mombasa. 



In a grove of cocoa-trees by the Gulf of Kilindiui this bird 

 occurred sparingly. Iris citron-yellow. The cere yellow, legs 

 yellow. 



When comparing the specimens of this bird in the Berlin 

 Museum I found that they (young birds) have large, wide spots 

 on the breast and along the sides of the body, and are more 

 yell wish brown on the under-surface. 



The present specimen has extended, stilliform spots and is 

 purely white on the breast. 



The Berlin specimens are, moreover, larger. This specimen has 

 a wing length of 134 mm. and 

 tarsus „ „ 41 mm. 



I agree with Zedlitz (J. f. 0. 1914, p. 667) that tropi- 

 calis is a coast bird and that the one Lonoberg brought home 

 from the interior of the country — from Nairobi — is inter- 

 medius Erl. 



Lophoaetus occipitalis (Daud.). — Rchw. I. p. 582. 

 1 cT juv. 10. 9. Mount Kenia. 



This specimen was shot in the acacia steppe below Mount 

 Kenia. 



Irides yellowish red; wing 400 mm.; tarsus 96 mm.; total 

 length 560 mm. 



Buteo augur Riipp. — Rchw. I. p. 592. 



1 ,5 ad. 23. 4. Lake Naiwasha. — Id Juv. 8. 5. 2 days march from 

 Londiani towards Eldoret. 



The first time I saw this beautiful buzzard was in the 

 forests around Kiambu, in the neighbourhood of Nairobi, where, 

 on the edge of a forest, a pair had their large nest, built of 

 strong branches. For several days 1 saw one of the birds sitting 

 in the nest while the other, as a rule, kept in the vicinity — it 

 was in the middle of April — and I therefore supposed that by 

 this time they had laid the clutch. I therefore shot one of the 

 pair and sent a native up to examine the nest. It did not, how- 

 ever, contain any eggs. 



At Lake Naiwasha the species occurred quite commonly, 

 and I also observed it here and there on the journey to 

 Elgon. At Eldoret and Soy, for instance, I sometimes saw 3 or 

 4 together and I procured a young bird a few days' march from 

 Londiani, in the direction of Eldoret. 



According to Congreve (Journ. East Afr. and Ug. N. H. 

 Soc, vol. Ill No. 6, 1813, p. 45) "one of the common sights of 

 B. E. A." 



