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tlie cliitc'l), so that I think it is safe to say that two is the 

 number usually laid. They vary a good deal in size — from 

 36-42"5 nira. long by 25-27 mm. broad. Only a few of them 

 could be saved, as they nearly all had to be broken to get 

 out the contents. The shells were very thick and hard. 



[Four eggs are of a rather long, pointed, oval shape, in- 

 distinctly pitted and slightly glossy. They are uniform rich 

 buff, somewhat paler towards the poles. — O.-G.] 



453 «. Kaupifalco MONOGRAMMicus. [Viol-Obam.] 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1905, p. 405. 



? S ad. Bitye, Feb. 8 & 6, 190B. 



,^ ad. Akok, 85 miles from Kribi, April 12, 1908. 



The stomach of the last specimen contained a few bones, 

 apparently of a small rodent, and the tail only, recently 

 swallowed, of a skink. The tail had evidently been all that the 

 Hawk had secured of the lizard. In the stomachs of the 

 others were a variety of things — the foot of a skink, scales of 

 a snake (not of a lizard), and remains of a small rodent. 



499. MiLvus .EGYPTius. [Obam.] 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1904., p. 103. 



Kites are abundant on the Ja, ])ut are seen only during 

 the months from November to April inclusive. They appear 

 and disappear, not suddenly, but gradually, and stray indi- 

 viduals may be seen in October, or even September, before 

 the others come, or in JNIay, after the others have gone awav. 

 Tiieir coming and going are not timed in accordance with 

 any change in the seasons here, for their arrival is in the 

 midst of the second rainy season, and their departure is in the 

 midst of the first rainy season. Their movements must be 

 timed according to changes in the seasons in the country 

 from which they come, and their presence in Southern 

 Kamerun seems to coincide with the dry and wintry season 

 in Northern Kamerun and Northern Nigeria. 



I have seen no indication that Kites breed at the Ja, and 

 think the statement made in ray former note that they do 

 so, which I got from the natives ("^ Ibis,' 1901, p. 602), was 

 a mistake. They must have seen the nests of some other 

 bird of prey, such as Polyboroides. 



