Expeditiun to the Zambesi River. 437 



196. CiRCAETUS CINEREUS VieiU. 



This species is very Buzzard-like and sluggish in its flight, 

 flying, as a rule, much higher than the undergrowth. 



Adult ^ (Mesanangue, Sept. 9, 1898). Total length 

 (measured in the flesh) 30 inches, wing 22. Weight 3 lbs. 

 Iris yellow ; legs and feet whitish flesh. 



Immature ? (Mesanangue, Aug. 26, 1898). Total lengtii 

 (measured in the flesh) 29'5 inches, wing 22"5. Tris yellow ; 

 legs and feet flesh colour. 



The crop of this last bird contained two large snakes, one 

 measuring 40"5, the other 43 iiiches, and nearly 1 inch in 

 diameter. 



197. AsTURIXULA MONOGRAMMICA (Tcmm.). 



An adult female below Tete, Aug. 6, 1898. 



198. Melierax gabar (Daud.). 



Fairly common. Observed chiefly at dusk, swooping with 

 a rapid flight in and out of the patches of tish-cane, now and 

 again to enter them and cause consternation among the flocks 

 of half sleepy Weavers there for the night. 



Adult c? (near Tete, Aug. 6, 1898) . Iris bluish black ; 

 bill black, base coral-red ; legs and feet coral-red. 



Adidt ? (Kafue river, Dec. 28, 1898). Iris red; bill 

 black, base orange-red ; legs and feet orange-red. 



Immature ^ (Chicowa, Oct. 6, 1898). Iris orange-yellow , 

 cere and base of bill yellow ; legs and feet orange-yellow. 



199. AsTUR POLYZONOiDEs (Smith). 



Two adult males and two immature birds obtained. Preys 

 a great deal upon the flocks of Wt avers. One of our 

 specimens was shot in the act of devouring a small Weaver 

 {Pyromelana sundevalli) . 



The flight is erratic, which makes shooting it no easy 

 matter, for the bird has a peculiar way of suddenly dipping 

 just when shot at. 



200. AcciPiTER MiNULLUs (Daud.) . 



Fairly plentiful, frequenting the marpela-fields of the year 

 before and waste places overgrown with reeds and fish-cane 



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