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of Bubo iacteus Avliich lodged iu the top of a tree, and as it 

 was not quite dead it attracted a pair of these Kestrels. 

 They were the only two of this species seen about whose 

 identification 1 can be certain.] 



121. Cerchneis naumanni. Lesser Kestrel. 



Falco naumanni E. Fleischer, Sylvan, ein Jahrbuch fiir 

 Forstraanner, Jager und Jagdfreunde, von C. P. Laurop und 

 V. F. Fischer; Marburg und Cassel,beij Job. Chr. Kreiger, 

 1818, Part v. Art. 10, p. 174 : Germany. 



a. ? ad. Narossura, 5000 ft. Nov. 1 6. 



b. ^ imm. Loita, 6300 ft. Nov. 27. 



Total length in flesh : ^ 12 inches ; ? 12^ inches. 

 Wing : S 229 imm. ; ? 231 mm. 



The male is assuming the adult feathering. The female 

 is in good clean dress and but very slightly worn. 



The part of the work ' Sylvan ' examined by me at the 

 British Museum in which the description of this Kestrel is 

 found is bound in a volume dated on the outside 1817-1819. 

 Fleischer's paper is dated 1817 at Leipzig, and is entitled 

 '^Zwei neue Falken," and comes in that part of the volume 

 covered by the year 1818. 



There is a reprint ol: this rare paper in the Orn. Mouats- 

 berichte, 1898, pp. 142-144, by Prof. Reichenow, and an 

 interesting letter from Dresser in the ' Ibis,^ 1875, p. 515, 

 on the same subject. 



[ ,$ . Irides brown ; bill bluish horn, base yellowish ; cere 

 yellow; legs and toes yellow, claws white. ?. Similar, 

 except cere orange-yellow. Stomach contained locusts. 

 A large number of Kestrels were seen, apparently of this 

 species.] 



122. Bubo bubo ascalaphus. Egyptian Spotted Eagle Owl. 

 Bubo ascalaphus Sav. Descript. de FEgypte, 1810, p. 295, 



pi. iii. : Egypt. 



a. ? ad. Loita, 6600 ft. Oct. 5. 



Total length in flesh : 19| inches. Wing : 353 mm. 

 Weight 24- lbs. 



In somewhat worn dress. 



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