320 Mr. W. K. Ogilvic Grant on Birds 



228. MeLIERAX NIGER. 



Melierax niger (Vieill.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 91 (1871.); id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 50G ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 

 1898, p. 419; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 77. 



a. ? . Kassim river, Abyssinia, 20 January, 1899. (No. 

 245.) 



Iris red-brown ; bill black ; cere yellow ; legs orange. 



229. BUTASTUR RUFIPENNIS. 



Butastur rufipennis Sund. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 299 (1874). 



a. S • Beni Schongul, Abyssinia, 2 May, 1899. (No. 

 490.) 



Iris yellow ; bill blue at tip, at base and round eye yellow ; 

 legs yellow. 



230. BUTEO AUGUR. 



Buteo augur (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 175 

 (1874) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 507. 



a. ? imra. Gadaburka, Abyssinia, 21 January, 1899. 

 (No. 252.) 



b. S • Borumeda, Abyssinia, 9 February, 1899. (No. 

 309.) 



c. $ . Boruraeda, Abyssinia, 13 February, 1899. (No. 

 311.) 



a. $ imra. Iris brown ; bill steel-blue; legs yellow. 



h. (J. Very old bird. Iris brown; bill black, base 

 yellow ; legs dark yellow. 



? adult. Iris brown ; bill dark blue ; base and corners 

 of mouth yellow; legs yellow. 



[This Buzzard was met with throughout Abyssinia on the 

 highland plateaux as well as ou the plains. — L.] 



231. PoLIOHIEKAX SEMITORQUATUS. 



Poliohierax semitorquatus (Smith) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. i. p. 370 (1874); id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 510; Lort 

 Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 420; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 78. 

 a. ^. Hawash, Abyssinia, 17 January, 1899. (No. 211.) 

 6. $. „ „ „ „ (No. 212.) 



Iris brown ; bill bluish, dark at tip ; legs orange-red. 



