28. AMTDRUS. 



1G3 



Total leugth 14-5 inches, culmen l-2o, wing G-4, tail 0-4, tarsus 1-3. 

 On oxamining our series from North-eastern Africa, I find that the 

 wing varies from 6*4 to 6-G in the males, and from (J- 15 to G-2 in 

 the females, aud the average length of tail is about &5 inches. 



In South-African specimens the wing varies in the males from 

 5-7 inches to G-2, and in the females from 5-3 to 5-8 inches, wliile 

 the tail averages about 5-5 inches. At first sight these differences 

 would seem to indicate the existence of a larger and smaller species 

 or race with a distinct habitat ; but the specimens from East Africa 

 in Captain Shelley's collection are completely intermediate between 

 the South-African A. morio and the Xorthern A. rueppelU. The 

 tail averages about G inches, the males have the wing G to G-3 

 inches and the females 5-8 to G-2 inches. I see no reason, therefore, 

 for separating these forms specifically, and regard them as one 

 species, of which the South-African representatives are the smallest 

 and the North-east African ones the largest. 



Hab. South Africa, ranging into East Africa and North-eastern 

 Africa. 



a. Juv. sk. 

 b,c.S2 "-d. sk. 



d. 2 ad. sk. 



e, j ad. sk. 



/. $ ad. sk. 

 (/. (S ad. sk. 

 h, i. S 2 ad. sk. 

 k, I. (S 2 'id. ; m. 



(S juv. sk. 

 n. 5 ad. ; o, p, 



q. c? juv. sk. 

 r, s. (S 5 ad. sk. 



i. S ad. sk. 



Cape Colony {E. L. Layard). 

 Cape Town, April 24, 1866 (C. 



J. Andersson). 

 Kuysua, Sept. 5, 1866 (C.J. .4.). 

 Eland's Post, May 20, 1870 



(7". C. Atmore). 

 Grahamstown. 

 Kingwilliamstown. 

 Durban, Natal (T. L. Aijres). 

 Durban, Natal {Gordye). 



Piuetown, Natal, March, Nov. 



( T. L. Ayres). 

 Drakensburg Mountains, Aug. 



1881 {E. A. Butler). 

 Pretoria. 



u. c? imm. sk. Lydeuburg Goldfields. 



V, to. cJ 5 <id. ; 



.r. c5' imm. sk. 

 y,z,a',b'. S , c- 



$ ad. sk. 

 d'. (S ad. sk. 



e',/', cJ ad. sk. 

 f/. c? ad. sk. 

 /''. d; i'. $ ad. 



sk. 

 k'. $ ad. sk. 

 I', m'. i^; w'. 2 



ad. sk. 



Mamboio, E. Africa (Sir J. 



Kirk). 

 Ugogo (Sir J. Kirk). 



Kilima-Njaro. 



Abyssinia. 

 Abyssinia. 

 Tigre, Feb., April. 



Rayraguddy ( W. Jesse). 

 Aukober, Shoa, June, Dec. 

 (Sir W. C. Harris). 



Sharpe Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 

 Shelley CoU. 



Sharpe Coll. 

 Capt. Trevelyan [P.]. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



F. A. Bairatt, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 r. A. Barratt, Esq. 



[P.l. 

 Shelley C.Jl. 



Shelley Coll. 



H. H. Johnston, Esq. 



LC.]. 



Purchased. 



Shelley Coll. 



W. T."^Blanford, Es,.. 



Tweeddalf Coll. 

 India Museum. 



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