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d. (^ ad. Turkwel River. Jan. 15. 



e. $ ad. Akinyo River, Bakoro, 3600 ft. Feb. 2. 

 f,g. $ ? juv. Karacliuru, Lobor, 3200 ft. Feb. 12. 

 Total length in flesh : ad. 25-22 4 inches; young 14 and 



13 inches. Wing of adults : 450-420 mm. Weight 3^ lbs. 



All the adults are rather worn, except the one from 

 Akinyo River, which, being much browner above, is probably 

 a bird of the year. 



The two nestlings are assuming full feathering, which is 

 distinctly brown above. 



The plate in the PI. Col. shows a very brown-backed bird 

 this was probably taken from a bird of the year, and I 

 expect some latitude must be allowed for the clear coloration 

 of the upper parts. 



[Irides brown, eyelids black ; bill bluish horn ; feet greyish 

 flesh-colour, dark brown, blue grey, dirty grey, or bluish. 

 Young have eyelids brown ; bill black, tip of lower mandible 

 whitish; feet plumbeous. Stomach contained mice.] 



125. Otus capensis. Cape Scops Owl. 



Scops capensis A. Smith, S. A. Q. J. ii. 1834, p. 314 : South 

 Africa. 



a, b. S ad. Nakwai Hills, 3800 & 3900 ft. Feb. 6. 



Total length in flesh : 7| & 7\ iuches. Wing : 138 & 

 137 mm. 



Both are in good clean normal plumage, and agree 

 perfectly with specimens from South Africa. 



^J'here appear to be three phases of plumage of this birdi 

 1st, grey, that which might be designated as the normal ; 

 2nd, a rufous phase {cf. Sclater, Ibis, 1912, p. 5) ; and 3rd, 

 a slaty-grey phase. 



Messrs. Gunning & Roberts, in the Ann. Transvaal 

 Museum, vol. iii. 1911, p. Ill, describe three new subspecies, 

 of this Owl as follows : — 



Pisorhina capensis intermedia : Modderfonteiu, Transvaal. 

 „ „ grisea : Bethulie, Orange Free State. 



„ „ pusilia : Boror, Portuguese E. Africa. 



The series in the National collection shows that great 



