392 Capt. G. E. Shelley on a 



Hypotriorcli'is semitorqnatns, Selat. P. Z. S. ISGl, p. 107 

 (Bogue). 



PoUohierax semitorquatiis, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 370; Salvad. Ann. iMns. Civ. Gen. 1881, p. 03 (Shoa) ; 

 Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 12.2 (Tana river). 



Hab. E. and S. Africa, from Abyssinia to the Transvaal, 

 and thence to Damara. 



" Frequently seen perched on the tops of the low mimosa- 

 bushes on the plateau. In March a pair appeared to be pre- 

 paring to breed in a deserted nest of Te.vtor dinemeUi, in the 

 midst of a colony of those Weaver-birds. The crops of the 

 three specimens preserved contained lizards.^' 



4. TlNNUXCULUS TINNUNCULUS. 



Falco tinnunculus, Linn. S. N. 1760, p. 127 ; Heugl. Orn. 

 N.O.-Afr. pp. 40, xvi; Dresser, B. Eur. vi. pi. 381. 



Cerchneis tinrmnculus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 425. 



Tinnunculus alaudarius, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1881, 

 p. 64 (Shoa). 



Hah. Africa, south to about 5° N. hit. in E. Africa, and 10° 

 N. lat. in AV. Africa. 



5. Bubo lacteus. 



Strix lacteus, Temm. PI. Col. ii. pi, 4. 



Bubo lacteus, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. pp. 112, xliii ; 

 Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 101 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. li. p. 33; Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 122. 



Hab. Africa, south of about 15° N. lat., with the exception 

 of the forest-region of the West Coast. 



" Shot in February near Faf, in the Ogadayn district." 



6. Carine glaux. 



Noctua (jlaux, Savigu. Descr. Egypte, Ois. p. 287. 

 Noctua veterum, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. pp. 118, xlv. 

 Carine glaux, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. ]Mus. ii. p. 135. 

 Athene glaux, Uresser, B. Eur. v. pi. 318. 

 Hab. N. and N.E. Africa southward to Somali. 

 The single specimen is peculiarly small. 

 " Fairly common throughout the country, living in holes in 

 the ant-hills." 



