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4. *Otns capensis feje. 



Scops fea Salvador!, Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. 1903, 

 p. 95. 



a. ? ad. (No. 1). Aiinobon. 16.ii. 09. 



Tea's Scops Owl was described by Count Salvadori, who 

 received six specimens from the collector, after whom it 

 lias been named. In the ori;;^inal description Olus capensis 

 fece is said by Count Salvadori to resemble Otus capensis 

 Smith, but to be darker in colour, and to have the black 

 shaft-streaks in the middle of the feathers of the belly 

 wider, either with pale spots or bands on the inner web, less 

 distinct than in O. capensis, and disappearing towards the 

 base. 



The wing-measurements are given as 120-125 mm. in the 

 six examples obtained by Fea. The single bird in the 

 Alexander collection has the wing (which is very worn) 

 135 mm. in length. Probably all the specimens collected 

 by Fea were males, which would account for the difference 

 of the length of the wing. 



In other respects this specimen agrees fairly well with the 

 original description. The shaft-streaks of the feathers of 

 the underparts are particularly broad. Unfortunately the 

 bird has been badly injured by shot and will bear very little 

 handling. 



Fea gives the following field-notes on this species : — '^ I 

 found the birds abundant in deep forest between 400-500 

 metres. Its note recalls that of our ' Gufo ' . . . . very like 

 that of Strix thomensis, but of a little higher tone. I heard 

 it calling also in the daytime.'' 



5. MilvTis segyptius parasitus. 



Falco parasitus Daud. Traite, ii. 1800, p. 150. 



Milvus agyptius (Gmel.) ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 

 1893, p. 44 ; Salvadori, Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. 1903, 

 p. 44. 



Said to be rare. An example recorded from the island 

 by Bocage, no doubt belongs to this form. 



The Egyptian Kite of central Africa must be known as 



