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



Juv. Irides brown ; bill greenish horn, tip black ; cere 

 greenish gi'evj feet bluish white. Very common. During 

 our whole trip 1 did not see a single specimen with a white 

 back.] 



114. Milvus jegyptius parasitns. Southern Egyptian Kite. 

 Falco parasitus Daud. Traite, vol. ii. 1800, p. 150 : Cape 



Colony, ex Levaillant. 



a, b. c? imm., ? ad. Amala River, 5600 & 5700 ft. 

 Oct. 5 & 12. 



Total length in flesh : ad. %2\ inches ; imm. 21 inches. 

 Wing : ad. 431 mm ; imm. 412 mm. 



The adult agrees perfectly with specimens from south 

 Africa. The immature bird is much browner and has a 

 dark bill, though it is not in first dress. 



The southern African birds are darker and smaller than 

 northern African specimens, and I have therefore kept this 

 race separate from the true Milvus agypiius Gmelin (Syst. 

 Nat. i. 1788, p. 261 : Egypt). 



Smith, in the S. A. Q. J. for 1830, p. 391, noticed the 

 distinctness of this race and supported it; and recently this 

 has been emphasized by Dr. Hartert (Bull. B. O. C. vol. xxxiii. 

 1914, p. 90). 



\_Ad. Irides brown ; cere greenish yellow ; bill yellow ; 

 legs and toes yellow. Imm. Irides brown; cere light 

 yellow ; bill dark horn, bluish at base; legs and toes yellow. 

 Very common and bold. Occasionally sweeping down and 

 carrying specimens from off the skinning table.] 



115. Elanus caeruleus. Black-shouldered Kite. 



Falco ccerukus Desf. Hist, de TAcad. R. des Sc. Paris for 

 1787, 1789, p. 503, pi. xv. : Environs of Algiers. 



a. ? ad. Kikuyu, 6000 ft. Sept. 23. 



h. S iram. Lengototo, 6000 ft. Nov. 8. 



Total length in flesh : ad. 12 inches ; imm. 12;^ inches. 

 Wing: ad. 271 mm.; imm. 265 mm. 



The adult is in moult and the immature bird is but slightly 

 worn. 



\ Ad. Irides bright red ; bill black; cere yellow; legs and 

 toes yellow, claws black. Imm. Irides reddish yellow ; 



