from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 319 



a. ? , Chelunco, Abyssinia, 4 January, 1899. (No. 105.) 

 Iris brown ; bill red; legs dark brown. 



224. Bubo lacteus. 



Bubo lacteus (Tenim.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. 

 p. 33 (1875) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 503. 



a. ? . Arriro, Abyssinia, 18 February, 1899. (No. 337.) 



Iris brown ; bill pale blue. 



[Seen in the Gedda Valley, but not observed elsewhere. 

 A similar but much larger species of the " Eagle Owl " kind 

 (probably Bubo cinerascens Guer.) was observed at Lake 

 Chercher ; though stalked with some care, such was its sharp- 

 sightedness that it was impossible to get even within rifle- 

 shot after it had once been alarmed. — L.] 



225. Glaucidium perlatum. 



Glaucidium pej'latum (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 ii. p. 209 (1875) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 504; Hawker, Ibis, 

 1899, p. 77. 



a. S' Kassim river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. (No* 

 227.) 



b. ? . Roseires, Blue Nile, 20 May, 1899. (No. 520.) 

 [This Owl was observed only on the lower plains. It 



appears to be little troubled by daylight, and the one shot 

 at Kassim at midday had just caught and killed a grass- 

 snake. — L.] 



226. Melierax polyzonus. 



Melierax polyzouus {^Vi[)^.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 i. p. 88 (1874). 



a. S' Burka, Abyssinia, 7 January, 1899. (No. 137.) 



Bill black; cere orange-red ; legs orange-red. 



[Met with everywhere throughout our journey. — L.] 



227. Melierax gabar. 



Melierax gnbar (Daud.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B, Brit. Mus. i. 



p. 89 (1874) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 506 ; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, 



p. 77. 



a. S- Blue Nile, 15 May, 1899. (No. 509.) 

 Iris brown ; bill black, orange at the base ; legs orange. 



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