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Adult S . Total length (measured iii tlieflesli) IQ-j iiielies, 

 wing 8. Iris orange. 



Adult ?. Totallcngtii (measured ill the tiesh) 10'3 1 inches, 

 wing 7"5. Iris orange. 



ISS. S( OTOPKLIA PELI Bl). 



Bare. Observed only on three occasions. Thick deciduous 

 trees in the vicinity of the river were the daytime-retreat 

 of this Owl. Our specimen belongs to the pale race. 



Adult ^ (near Zumbo). Culmen .2-3 inches, wing 18-4, 

 tail l()-8, tarsus 2'9. Iris dark brown ; bill dark bluish horn- 

 colour; legs and feet whitish flesh-colour. 



189. Falco kuficollis Swains. 



These birds were very numerous at Chicowa, haunting 

 the great stretches of the old marpela-fields, where locusts 

 formed their principal food. 



Adult S (Chicowa, Sept. 3, 1898). Total length (measured 

 in the flesh) 10'9 inches, wing 8"2. 



Immature ? (Chicowa, Jan. 24, 1899). Crown of head 

 and a conspicuous nuchal patch blackish, the feathers edged 

 with chestnut ; feathers below the eye, moustache, and eye- 

 brow black ; forehead, as well as the sides of the face, neck, 

 and throat, creamy white; hind-neck pale chestnut; remainder 

 of upper parts as in the adult, but interscapulary region 

 greyish black, feathers margined with rufous, also those of 

 the least and greater wing-coverts, mantle and rump; ends 

 of primaries and secondaries conspicuously edged witli white. 

 Under surface creamy buff, becoming stronger on the belly 

 and thighs ; feathers of the chest with dark rufous shafts ; 

 remainder of underparts irregularly barred with blackish 

 brown. 



ItO. Falco subbuteo Linn. 



An immature male on Jan. 10, 1899. 



191. Falco dickinsoxi Sclater. 



Three adult specimens of this rare species were obtained 

 near Tete at the end of August. 



Adult. Total length (measured in the flesh) 11*85 inches, 



