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Adult ? . Total length (measured in the flesh) 7 inches 

 wing 4"2. Coloration of soft parts as in male. 



The speeimens in o.ur series differ little iu plumage, witli 

 the exception of the number of white spots on the tail- 

 feathers, which iu some specimens number five, in others 

 four. 



186. Glaucidium capense (Smith). 



Scarce. Our four specimens were obtained between Tete 

 and Chishomba. These are very fresh in plumage, and agree 

 with specimens in the British Museum from the Upper 

 Shire river. In our specimens the crowu and nape are a 

 light brown beautifully barred with white, forming, as it 

 were, a distinct hood, contrasting strongly with the mantle ; 

 the terminal spots to the feathers of the belly and flanks are 

 a rich brown. The type of this species in the British Museum 

 {Sir A. Smith) is distinctly more rufous and darker in 

 general coloration than our specimens, and the bars on 

 the tail (14, including the terminal one) are very narrow. 

 This is without doubt an immature bird. In our specimens 

 the bars on the tail-feathers vary in number inter se. 

 Consequently this point cannot be looked upon as of any 

 specific value. 



Adult S (Aug. 19, 1898). Wing 5-4 inches, tail 3-3. Iris 

 yellow; bill yellowish horn-colour; 12 bars (0-01 in thickness) 

 on tail, including terminal one. 



Adult S (Aug. 20, 1898). 14 bars (O'Ol in thickness) on 

 tail, including terminal one. 



Adult S (Oct. 17, 1898). 13 bars (0 01 in thickness) on 

 tail, including terminal one, the three lowest bars becoming 

 white. 



Adult ? (Oct. 17, 1898). Wing o'Q inches, tail 3-5. Soft 

 parts as in male; 14 bars (O'OJ in thickness) on tail, in- 

 cluding terminal one, the six lowest bars becoming white. 



187. Scops LKUcoTis (Temm.). 



Three specimens obtained at Chicowa : a pair and a 

 young bird with tlie feathers emerging from the down. 

 (Sept. 21, 1898.) 



