438 Mr. W. R. Ogilvic-Clrant oji 



105. l^UBO LACTEUS. 



Bubo lacteus (Temra.) ; Witherby, p. 2G9 ; Grant & Eeid, 

 p. 680. 



a, h. c? ? . Kaka, 24-th April. Nos. 402, 403. 



c, d. (J ? . Near Renk, 14th May. Nos. 574, 575. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill and cere white ; gape and orbits flesh- 

 coloured ; feet whitish horn-colonred. 



[Verreaux's Eaglc-Owl vvas not very common. I saw it 

 in pairs, but never found its nest. — R. M. H.] 



106. Bubo cinerascens. 

 (Grey Phase.) 



Bubo cinerascens (Gudrin) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. 

 p. 32 (1875). 



a. S imm. 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 22nd April. No. 383. 



b. No particulars. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill black, lighter on lower mandible . 

 claws black. 



[The Grey Eagle-Owl was rather common. When once 

 disturbed it was very difficult to get near it again. I found 

 several sets of young birds : some on the ground at the roots 

 of trees, and others in the hollows formed by the branches 

 and the tops of the trunks. One old bird attacked me and 

 struck me several times on the helmet when I was climbing 

 the tree in which it had its brood. I also found young of 

 this species in an old Kite^s nest. — R. M. H.] 



(Rufous Phase.) 



Bubo abyssinicus (Guerin) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1898, p. 289 ; 

 Gates, Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. ii. p. 379 (1902). 



a. ? . Kaka, 21st April. No. 381. 



Iris brown ; bill black ; cere horn-coloured ; feet dusky. 



[The rufous phase of the Grey Eagle-Owl was fairly 

 common south of Jebel Ahmed-Agha, where two eggs were 

 procured. They were not previously represented in the 

 British Museum Collection. — R. M. H.] 



There can be little doubt that the B. cinerascens and 

 B. ahyssinicus of Guerin are merely phases of one species. 

 For some unknown reason Dr. Reichenow [cf. Vog. Afr. i. 



