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120. Haliaetus vocifer. 



Haliaetus vocifer (Daud.) ; Witherby^ p. 270 ; Grant & 

 Reid, p. 68:2. 



a. S ' Ed-Duem. 23rd May. No. 568. 



Iris light brown^ mottled with dark brown ; cere and 

 orbits yellow ; legs and feet flesh-coloured. 



[The Vociferous Sea-Eagle was seen the whole way along 

 the Nile and on the khors inland. I observed it several 

 times feeding on fish that had died and liad been washed 

 ashore.— R. M. H.] 



121. Falco feldeggi. 



Falco feldeggii Schl. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 389 

 (1874) ; Gates, Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. ii. pp. 299,378 (1902). 



a. ? . Fashoda, 21st March. No. 157. 



Iris hazel; bill dark slate-grey, yellowish at base; cere 

 and orbits ochreous ; legs and feet yellow. 



[We found the Lanner Falcon fairly common, and 

 obtained a clutch of four eggs at Fashoda. — R. M. II.] 



122. Falco ruficollis. 



Falco ruficollis Swains.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 404 (1874); Gates, Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. ii. p. 378 

 (1902). 



a. ? . 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 8th April. No. 309. 



b. (^. 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 13th April. No. 343. 



c. c? [ ? ] t- 20 miles N. of Fashoda. 16th April. 

 No. 368. 



d. S • Kaka, 2nd May. No. 426. 



a 8c c. Iris dark hazel; bill bluish black, yellow at base; 

 cere and orbits yellow; legs and feet gamboge-yellow. 



b & d. Iris hazel ; bill blue-black, ochreous yellow at 

 base ; legs and feet gamboge-yellow. 



[This pretty little Red-headed Falcon was fairly common 

 near Fashoda. I found three young and an addled egg 

 in an old Kite's nest. The egg of this species is new to the 

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



t Obviously a female. 



