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14. Elanus c^ruleus (Desf.). 



15. Falco biarmicuSj Temm. 



Mashoona, December. Seen, but not procured. 



16. TiNNUNcuLus RUPicoLA fDaud.) . 

 (179) Spalding^s, Hart river, 3rd February. 

 Scarce in this part of the country. 



17. TiNNUNcuLus TiNNUNCULOiDEs (Temm.). 

 (110) (^ , Inshlangeen river, 4th November. 



This was a very windy day ; and about half a dozen of these 

 Kestrels were beating up against the gale, and feeding upon 

 grasshoppers. 



18. Erythropus amurensis (Gurney). 



? , immature, Boatlanami Pan, 31st December. 



19. Bubo maculosus (Vieill.). 



Mashoona, December. Seen, but not procured. 



20. Glaucidium capense (Smith). 



(61) cJ, Umvuli river, 20th August. Iris bright yellow; 

 bill pale greenish yellow ; feet dingy pale yellow. Total 

 length in the flesh 8*75 inches. The crop contained locusts. 



A common bird throughout Mashoona land, not often 

 seen by daylight, though frequently heard at night. Near 

 the river Ganyani it was so plentiful that one might hear 

 half a dozen of them calling at the same time during the first 

 two or three hours of the night ; but even by moonlight they 

 are exceedingly difficult to see amongst the branches of the 

 trees. Mr. Jameson and myself tiied on several occasions to 

 get a shot without success. After carefully looking up for a 

 length of time, with the bird calling within a few yards of 

 our heads, a tiny speck is seen but for a moment to dart 

 across the light, and all is silent, when perhaps in a few 

 minutes he recommences his monotonous kroo! kroo! kroo! 

 from some distant tree, when we repeat the search with no 

 better success. 



21. Glaucidium perlatum (Vieill.). 



(62) Umvuli river, 20th August. Matabele name '' Man- 

 doogooloo.''^ The crop contained remains of insects. 



