Birds from the White Nile, 439 



pt. ii. p. QQ\ (1901)] places the latter under the genus Asio ; 

 though Dr. Sharpe has carefully pointed out that the bird is 

 a true Bubo, as is shewn by the shape of tlie oral orifice. 



107. Strix flammea. 



Strix flammea Linn. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 291 

 (1875) ; Witherby, p. 268. 



Strix flammea maculata Brehm ; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. 

 p. 26. 



a. c? . Kaka, 2^th April. No. 406. 



b. S ■ Goz-Abu-Guraar, 16th May. No. 480. 

 Iris dark hazel ; bill flesh- or horn-coloured. 



[The Barn-Ovvl was not at all common. I saw only four 

 birds in all. They were wild and difficult to get near. — 

 R. M. H.] 



108. *S£RPENTARIUS SECRETARIUS. 



Serpentarius secretarius (Scop.) ; Sharpe^ Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. i. p. 45(1874). 



[The Secretary-Bird was very rare^ and I saw only three, 

 one near Kaka and two near Renk. It was very wild and 

 would not let me get within 300 yards of it. It soared to a 

 great height.— R. M. II.] 



109. ^Gyps rueppelli. 



Gyps rueppelli (Brehm) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 9 

 (1874); Witherby, p. 270; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 28. 



[This large Vulture was common along the river south of 

 Goz-Abu-Gumar. It always appeared when any large game 

 was killed. The Black-and- White Crow was the first bird 

 to arrive at such times, and was followed by Kites, Neophron 

 monachus, Gyps rueppelli, and Otogyps auricularis, in order, 

 while the Marabou Stork brought up the rear.] 



110. ■^Otogyps auricularis. 



Otogyps auricularis (Daud.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 i. p. 13 (1874). 



[This Vulture was fairly common south of Jebel Ahmed- 

 Agha. It was much shyer than the other ^^nltures and not 

 so numerous as G. rueppelli. — R. M. H.] 



