290 



brown " (BeMglin). Total length 20 inches, culmen 3-5, wing 12-5, 

 tail 6'7. tarsus 2-55. 



Advlt female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 

 20 inches, culmen 3-0o, wing 11-8, tail 6, tarsus 2-55. 



Hab. The whole of Africa below the Sahara. Arabia. Mada- 

 gascar. 



a. Ad. sk. 



h. (S ad. sk. 



c. cJ ad. sk. 



d, e. Ad. sk. 



/. 5 ad. sk. 



(/. 2 ad. sk. 



h. (S ad. sk. 



t. S ad. sk. 



k. 5> ad. sk. 



I. Ad. sk. 



m, n. $ ad. sk. 



o. Ad. sk. 



P, g- 6 2 ad. sk. 



r. Ad. sk. 



s. Ad. sk. 

 t. $ ad. sk. 



South Africa. J. E. Harting, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Ceres, Cape Colony {G. E. S.). Shelley CoU. 



Na.al ( T. At/res). 

 Dmban, Natal, April 14 



{G. E. S.). 

 rietermaritzberg, April 21. 



Orange Free State, June 8 



{T.E. Buckley). 

 Potchefstrooni, Transvaal, 



June o ( T. Ayres). 

 Sliosliong, Matabele-land, 



Aug. 7 (F. Oates). 

 Fort Lister, Nyasa-land, 



July 2 (A. Whyie). 

 Angola. 

 Mafliakos, British East 



Africa, Oct. 28. 

 Farfanver, Somali-land. 



Tweeddnle Coll. 

 Shelley CoU. 



Capt. Savile G. Raid 



[C.J. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Gurney Coll. 



W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Sir H. H. Johnston 



[P.]. 

 Monteiro Coll. 

 Dr. S. L. Hinde[P.]. 



J. Benet Stanford, 

 Esq. [P.]. 

 Angnlala, Shoa, May {Su W. Iiidia Museum. 



C. Han-is). 

 Ain, Bogos-laud, July 6 ( W. Tweeddale Coll. 



Jesse). 

 Aden. Colonel Yerbury [P.]. 



Mour ndava, E. Madagascar Leyden Museum. 

 ( Van Daiii). 



