50. insrx. 567 



wing 3-7, tail 3, tarsus 0-9 ; toes (without claws)— outer anterior 

 0-65, outer posterior 0-65, inner anterior 0-38, inuer posterior 0-3. 



Hab. Eastern Equatorial Africa (Babira, east of the Bar-el- 

 Djebel). 



4. lynx aequatorialis. 



lynx aequatorialis, Hiijip. Mus. Senckmh. iii. p. 121 (1845) ; id. St/st. 



Uebers. Vog. N.O.-Afi: pp. 93, 95, pi. xxxvii. (1845) ; Sundev. 



Consp. Av. Ficin. p. 109 (1806) ; Hartl. Orn. Ostl.-dquat. Geb. 



Afr. p. 310 (1887); Sakad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Star. Nat. Genom, 



1888, p. 212. 

 Yunx fcquatorialis, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 448 (1845) ; Heiujl. Sijst. 



Uebers. Vm/. N.O.-Afr. p. 47(1850); Mcdh. Ticida, ii. p. 291, 



pi. exxi. fig. 2 (1802) ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. I\fns. p. 127 (1868) ; 



id. Hand-I. B. ii. p. 204, no. 8852 (1870). 

 .Junx tequatorialis, Reiclienb. Scans. Picincc, p. 43-'!, no. 1020, 



pi. dcxviii. tig. 4124 (1854). 

 lunx ffiquatorialis, Cab. S)- Heine. Mus. llein. iv. p. 5 (1863) • Heu(/I 



Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 801 (1871). 



Adult. Eesembles /. pcctoralis, Init may be distinguishecl by its 

 having the entire breast, as well as the chest, fore neck, and throat, 

 rich rufous ; the under tail-coverts also rufous. " Total length 

 5-8G inches, bill (from gape) 0-S5, wing 2-8, tail 2-9, tarsus 0-60 " 

 (MaUwrbe). The sexes are similar, and the soft parts are stated to 

 be as follows : — " $ , irides dark chestnut : bill brown, with the 

 mandible lighter towards the base ; feet brown " {Racjazzi). 



Hah. Southern Provinces of Abyssinia, and Shoa. 



