10 BTTBONID^. 



Range. Africa : from Senegambia to Gaboon on the west coast ; 

 Zambesi on the east coast. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Larger ; wing 16*5 inches ; above rufous, banded across 



with black peli, p. 10. 



b. Smaller; wing 13'(3 inches; above uniform rufous .... ussheri, p. 11. 

 c Smaller ; wing 13'0 inches ; above dusky brown, ver- 



miculated with didl tawny rufous all over the upper 



siurface bonvieri, p. 1 1. 



1. Scotopelia peli. 



Scotopelia peli, Jip. Consp. i. p. 44 {ex Temm. MS. in Mm. Lugd.) ; 

 Strickl. Orn. St/». p. 197; Hartl. J. f. O. 1855, pp. 358, 360; id. 

 Orn. W.-Afr. p. 18 ; Cass. Pr. Phil. 'Acad. 1859, p. 32 ; Gurmy, 

 Ibis, 1859,'p. 445, pi. 15; Ilarfl J. f. O. 1861, p. 101 ; Kirk, Ibis, 

 1864, p. 317; Finsch u. Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 100; Murie, J. 

 Amit. Phys. vi. p. 70 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 69. 



Bubo peli, Kaup, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 117. 



Scotopelia typica, Itp. Pev. ct Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 543. 



Strix pelii, i>c/i/. lland-l. Diei-k. i. p. 176, pi. 1. fig. 10. 



Ulula pelii, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Striges, p. 23 (1862) ; id. Dierent. p. 14, 

 fig. 6. 



Scotoglaux peli, Seine, J.f. O. 1860, p. 196. 



Ketupa peli, Gi-ay, Hand-l. B. i. p. 45 (18G9). 



Adult. Above deep rufous bay, crossed with numerous irregular 

 bars of black, fainter on the head, which is more fulvescent ; wing- 

 coverts and entire wing bay barred with black, exactly like the 

 back, the under surface of the wing rufous and barred exactly like 

 the upper surface ; tail rufous fawn-colour, rather lighter than back, 

 banded across with black ; under surface of body light bay, with 

 distinct cordiform bars of black, somewhat irregular in shape ; under 

 wing-coverts rufous bay with a few black spots and bars, more 

 distinct on the lower series, which are lighter, and resemble the 

 iimer lining of the wing ; cere bluish lead-colour ; bill similar to 

 cere but darker, excepting towards tip ; tarsi dirty white, tinged 

 with bluish pink ; talons light horn-colour with a tinge of dull 

 blue ; iris extremely dark brown. Total length 23'5 inches, culmen 

 2*7, wing 16-5, tail 10, tarsus 2-7. 



Ohs. The birds from the Zambesi are a little larger than the 

 Gaboon example described above. They are, moreover, differently 

 coloured underneath, being fulvous with longitudinal black shaft- 

 stripes and an occasional cordiform sjjot on the flanks ; some of the 

 breast-feathers with subterminal black spots. As, however, this ap- 

 pearance is seen in Mr. Gurney's plate of a West- African bird {I. c.), 

 it is probably not a specific character, but the sign of nonage. 



Hah. W. Africa, from Senegambia to Gaboon. Zambesi region 

 in S.E. Africa. 



Ad. sk. River Ogowe, Gaboon (Marche M. A. Bouvier. 



et De Compi^gne). 



