240 Mr. C. H. B. Grant on a Collection of 



101. Melierax metabates. Many-banded Goshawk. 

 Melierax metabates Heugl. Ibis, 1861, p. 72 : Balir-el- 

 Abiad, i. e. White Nile. 



a. ? ad. 15 miles S. of Baringo, 3800 ft. Dec. 26. 



b. c? imm. Ngabotok, Turkwel River, 2200 ft. Jan. 10. 



c. ? imra. Mt. Maroto, Maroto Stream, 3700 ft. Jan. 26. 

 Totallength in flesh : ad. 20^ inches; imm. S 20^ inches, 



? 19^ inclies. Wing: ad. 334 mm.; imm. ^ 307 mm., 

 ? 319 mm. 



The adult is in rather worn dress and is moulting. The 

 immature male shows one adult feather on the breast, 

 and the female one adult feather on the upper tail-coverts. 



As pointed out by lleichenow (Vog. Afr. i. 1901, p. 545) 

 and confirmed by myself, M. polyzonus Less. (Traite, 1831, 

 p. 58 : Cape of Good Hope) cannot stand for this species, 

 and it must hereafter be known as M. metabates Heugl. 



Falco (Nisus) polyzonus lliipp., (Neue Wirb. Vog. 1835, 

 p. 36, pi. 15 ; Dongola in Kordofan) is preoccupied by Nisus 

 ■pohjzonos Less. 



Tiie large series in the Museum Collection shows a large 

 amount of individual variation, some examples from the 

 same district being light and others quite dark. 



\_Ad. Irides bi'own ; cere orange-red ; bill black, whitish 

 at base; legs and toes orange-red. Imm. Irides l)ro\vn or 

 dull yellow, cere dirty red ; bill black, base bluish horn ; 

 legs and toes dirty orange. Common and generally dis- 

 tributed.] 



102. Melierax gal)ar. Daudin's Goshawk. 



Falco gabar Daud. Traite, vol. ii. 1800, p. 87 : Swart Kop 

 Biver, Camdeboo Berg (Compass Berg), N. of Graaf Reinet. 



a. S imm. Loita, 6300 £t. Oct. 4. 



h. ? ad. Lake Naivasha, 6700 ft. Dec, 3. 



c. ? ad. 40 miles N.W. of Baringo, 3400 ft. Jan. 1. 



Total length in flesh : ad.* 14| & 14 j inches ; imm. 13 

 inches. Wing : ad. 196 & 193 mm. ; imm. 183 mm. 



The two adults are in black dress, which, as pointed out 

 by A. L. Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 369, and with which I agree, 



