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



greenish horn : cere dark green ; feet yellow, greenish yellow, 

 or dirty yellow. Tolerably common wherever found.] 



129. Tyto alba afiBnis- South African Barn-Owl. 



Btrix affinis Layard, Birds of S. Afr. 1867, p. 43 : Cape 

 of Good Hope. 



a, h. $ ad. Annamuget, Bakoro, 3700 ft. Feb. 1. 



c. ? ad. 20 miles East of Lobor Hills, 3600 ft. Feb. 3. 



Total length in flesh : (J 14 & 12| inches; $ 14 inches. 

 Wing : c? 292 & 282 mm. ; ? 294 mm. 



All are in good dress. 



The African race of the Barn-Owl should certainly be 

 kept separate and is a very distinct form. 



The name 8trix maculata Brehm (Naumannia, 1858, 

 p. 220 : N.E. Africa ; id. 1855, p. 270) is preoccupied 

 by SMx maculata Vieill. (N. D. d'Hist. Nat. vii. 1817, 

 p. 45 : Paraguay). 



[Irides brown ; bill >»^hite, base flesh-colour ; feet dirty 

 Avhite or dirty flesh. Appears to be local. One of the 

 three specimens was caught by a porter, who climbed a tree 

 and seized it whilst asleep.] 



130. Poicephalus meyeri saturatus. Sharpe's East African' 

 Parrot. 



Poicephalus saturatus Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. vol. xi. 1901, 

 p. 67 : N. Ankole, Uganda. 



a. (J ad. Amala River, 5500 ft. Oct. 15. 



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



c. ? ad. Mt. Maroto, 3700 ft. Jan. 25. 



d. S ad. Payera Dist., 3000 ft. Feb. 19. 



Total length in flesh : ($ 9, 9^, & 9^ inches; $ 9^ inches. 

 Wing : (J 154-149 mm. ; ? 150 mm. 



One of the January birds is in new dress, the others are 

 a little worn, and both the October and January birds are 

 moulting. 



[Irides red ; bill very dark horn, blackish, or blackish- 

 horn ; legs and toes dark grey or dark brown. Fairly 

 plentiful wherever found.] 



In naming these specimens I have had to examine the 



