from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 681 



Iris bright yellow ; bill yellowish green ; toes yellow. 

 [The Pigmy Owl was quite commou on large trees by the 

 sides of the rivers. — A. E. P.] 



225. Circus macrurus. 



Circus 7nacr7irus Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 505. 



a. 6. Jeffi Dimsa, S. Abyssinia, 28th Dec. No. 330. 



b. 6 . Adis Ababa, S. Abyssinia, 7th Jan. No. 361. 

 Iris bright yellow or yellow ; bill black ; legs bright yellow 



or yellow. 



[The Long-tailed Harrier was quite common. — A. E. P.] 



226. ACCIPITER OVAMPENSIS. 



Accipiter ovampensis Gurney, Ibis, 1875, p. 367, pi. vi. 



a. c?. Daba, S. Abyssinia, 7th Feb. No. 468. 



Iris red-brown ; bill black, cere and base of mandibles 

 orange; legs orange. 



The occurrence of this South-African form so far north is 

 extremely interesting. It has not previously been recorded 

 from north of the Equator. 



[The Ovampoland Sparrow-Hawk was only observed with 

 certainty on one occasion. — A. E. P.] 



227. Accipiter minullus. 



Accipiter minullus (Daud.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 140 (1874) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xxi. p. 69 

 (1884). 



a. 6 . Moulou R., S. Abyssinia, 15th Mar. No. 682. 



Iris bright yellow ; bill black, base yellow ; legs bright 

 yellow. 



[The Least Sparrow-Hawk was only seen once. — A. E. P.] 



228. MiLVUS iEGYPTIUS. 



Milvus agyptius (Gmel.); Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 420 ; 

 Grant, Ibis, 1901, p. 293. 



a. 6 . Kora, S. Abyssinia, 11th Feb. No. 493. 



b. 6 . Arbawun, S. Abyssinia, 10th Mar. No. 656. 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs yellow. 



[The Egyptian Kite was common everywhere : it was 

 a ubiquitous scavenger in every camp, town, and village. — 

 A.E.P.] 



