4.32 Mr. B. Alexander — Ati Ornithological 



of upper mandible and soft parts round eye bluish flesh- 

 colour ; iris hazel ; legs and feet flesh-colour. 



Adult $ (Chicowa). Total length (measured in the flesh) 

 5*5 inches, wing 3'5, culmen 0"06, tarsus O'Oo. Soft parts 

 as in male. 



The female diff'ers from the male in having the head and 

 throat slightly paler in coloration. 



Hub. Upper Shire and Zambesi rivers. 



183. Asio cAPENSis (Smith). 



Only once met with, among long grass near Senna. 

 Previously Sir John Kirk obtained a specimen at Shupanga. 



Adult (^ . Total length (measured in flesh) 15 inches, 

 wing 11"6. Iris brown. 



184. Syrnium woodfordi (Smith). 



An adult female, obtained out of a pair in thick wood 

 beyond Zumbo. 



Adult ? (Dec. 23, 1898). Total length (measured in the 

 flesh) 14"5 inches, wing 10"4. Iris black ; bill yellowish 

 horn-colour; feet yellow. 



185. Gl.\ucidium perlatum (Vieill.). 



Fairly common, and found in pairs frequenting hilly 

 country overgrown with Copaifera mopane. They seem quite 

 as much alert during the daytime as in the dusk. We used 

 frequently to come across pairs sitting close together on a 

 branch of some leafless tree, with eyes wide open, in the broad 

 sunlight. 



We procured four specimens^ three of which, obtained in 

 the middle of October, had the sexual organs in breeding- 

 condition : the fourth specimen, killed on Nov. 22, is an 

 immature bird ; the mantle is considerably darker than in 

 our adults and is far less spotted; the under wing-coverts 

 and feathers of the thighs are rufous, the chin and throat 

 also being washed with the same colour. These parts in 

 the adults are white. 



Adult S • Total length (measured in the flesh) 7'2 inches, 

 wing 4. Iris yellow ; bill yellowish horn-colour. 



