from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 321 



[This little Falcoa was met with only twice on the low 

 ground bordering the Donkali Plain. — L.] 



232. Cerchneis tinnunculus. 



Cercfmtis tinnunculus (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 425 (1874) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 510; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 

 1898, p. 420. 



a. ?. Arriro, Abyssinia, 19 February, 1899. (No. 346.) 



Iris brown ; bill blue ; legs yellow. 



233. Cehchneis ardesiacus. 



Cerchneis ardesiacus Bonn.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 446 a874). 



a. ^. l^eni Schongul, Abyssinia, 3 May, 1899. (No. 

 491.) 



Jris brown j bill blue ; cere yellow ; legs yellow. 



234. LopHOAi^Tus occipitalis. 



Lop hoaetus occipitalis DsiVid. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 275 (1874). 



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

 334.) 



[This bird inhabits the higher plateaux : a similar Crested 

 Eagle without the conspicuous white marking on the pri- 

 maries was observed by both Mr. Harvvood and myself at 

 Burka. — L.] 



235. Gypaetus barbatus. 



Gypaetus barbatus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 228 (1874). 



a. J . Borumeda, Abyssinia, 12 February, 1899. (No. 

 310.) 



Iris ash-fawn ; bill greenish grey ; legs whitish yellow. 



236. Phalacrocorax africanus. 



Phalacrocorax africanus (Gm.) ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 



xxvi. p. 407 (1898). 



a. ? Arriro, Abyssinia, 18 February, 1899. (No. 335.) 

 Iris brown ; upper mandible dark brown, lower dark 



yellow ; legs black. 



