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252. Glaucidium perlatum (Vicill.) . 



Glaucidiuni perlatum Sharpe^ Cat. B. ii. p. 209 (1875) ; 

 Reiclien. J. f. O. 1897, p. 13 (Togoland) ; Hartert, Nov. 

 Zool. vi. p. 408 (Gambaga). 



Ad. (^ . Total length (measured in the flesh) 7'6 inches, 

 wing 4-]j tail 3-6. 



Ad. ? . Total length (measured in the flesh) 8'2 inches, 

 wing 42, tail 3-5. 



253. Glaucidium albiventer. (Plate IX.) 

 Glaucidium albiventer Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xii. p. 10. 

 Similar to G. perlatum (Vieill.), but with the breast, abdo- 

 men, and under tail-coverts pure white ; the feathers of the 

 flanks with only a few streaks of brownish black. Total 

 length (measured in the flesh) 8*2 inches, wing 4-5, tail 3'5, 

 tarsus 0'98. 



We obtained a single female specimen of this Owl out of 

 a pair at Kwobia in May 1901. 



254. Bubo cinerascens Guerin. 



Bubo cinerascens Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 32 ; Reichen. J. f. O. 

 1892, p. 234 (Togoland) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. p. 408 

 (Gambaga) . 



Gambaga. 



Inhabits tree-grown kopjes in the open country. It is a 

 scarce bird. 



255. Bubo lactkus Temm. 



Bubo lacteus Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 33 (1875). 



Kwobia. 



Our male specimen diff^ers from the female in being a 

 little darker on the back and in having the chest-feathers 

 much less vermiculated with white, contrasting with tlie 

 lighter coloration and breast. 



256. Falco ruficollis Swains. 



Falco ruficollis Sharpe, Cat. B, i. p. 404. 

 Gambaga. 



257. TiNNUNCuLus alopex Ileugl. 



Cerchneis alopex Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 432 ; Hartert, Nov. 

 Zool. vi. p. 407 (Gambaga). 

 Gambaga. 



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