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6. Falco subbuteo (L.) ; Sliarpe^ /. c. p. 395 ; Blauf. /. c. 

 p. 105. 



No. 98. An adult male and female and a young male. 

 [Winter visitant.] 



7. Scops giu (L.) ; Sharpe^ op. cit. ii. p. 47; Blanf. /. c. 

 p. 115. 



[Only three specimens shot, October 10, 1883, April 22, 

 1884, and one in October of the same year. Did not observe 

 any others.] 



8. Asio ACCiPiTRiNUs (Pall.); Sharpe, t. c. p. 234. 

 Otus brachyotus, Blanf. /. c. p. 116. 



No. 39. An adult male and an immature male and female. 



[Only three specimens secured, all in your possession. 



The male in good plumage was shot on the morning of 

 the 12th March- he rose from some lucerne whilst I was after 

 Quail. 



The two others were shot, one on the evening of the 17th, 

 and the other on the morning of the 19th of September, about 

 the same locality.] 



9. Strix flammea, L. ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 291. 

 [The only specimen, shot in February 1885.] 



10. CoRvus CAPELLANUs, Scl. ; Sharpe, op. cit. iii. p. 32. 

 Mr. Gumming sends the nest and eggs of this Crow. 

 [Resident. Breeding from the 15th of February to the 



end of March.] 



11. Oriolus galbula, L. ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 191 ; Blanf. t. c. 

 p. 219. 



No. 91. Two specimens. 



[Migratory. Passing north-westwards in May and June, 

 and returning in September accompanied by young birds 

 when they stay for some days.] 



12. Hypocolius ampelinus, Bp.; Sharpe, t. c. p. 316. 

 Up to the present time very little is known of this rare and 



curious bird. A few specimens have been recorded from N.E. 

 Africa, and it appears to extend at least as far as the Niam- 



