1921.] collected in Southern Cameroon. 105 



two localities i'roin which specimens were then known, 

 Yaunde and Manjema. The first-named town is, of course, in 

 Cameroon, while Manjema is in the Belgian Congo imme- 

 diately west of the northern end of Lake Tanganyika. 

 Recently this bird Mas obtained by Dr. Christy at Bosabangi 

 in the Belgian Congo and at Poko on the Uele River. 

 There are also two specimens in the British Museum from 

 Bompona on the Congo River. It appears, therefore, that 

 this little Parrot extends its range right across central 

 Africa from Cameroon to the eastern boundary of the 

 Belgian Congo. Judging from the few specimens which 

 travellers and collectors have brought back, it must be either 

 very rare or very locally distributed. 



Accipiter sharpei. 



Accipiter sharpei Reichw. Yog. Afr. i. 1901, p. 564 — '^^'yP® 

 locality : [? Gaboon] ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 101. 



Accipiter batesi Sharpe, Bull.B.O.C. xiii. 1903, p. 50. 



The present collections contain two additional specimens 

 of this beautiful little Hawk — a male [No. 4663] shot on the 

 25th of December, 1911, and another male [No. 4926] shot 

 on the 6th of August, 1912, at Bitye (2000 ft.). Unfor- 

 tunately Mr. Bates failed to secure a female. 



I'he bird which Sharpe named A. batesi is said by 

 Mr. W. L. Sclater to be tiie female of A. hartlauhi sharpei. 

 Including this latter bird, which was procured at Efulen, 

 Cameroon, there were hitherto only three specimens in the 

 British Museum — a male from Gaboon and a male collected 

 by Bates at Efulen in May 1903. 



I am doubtful whether sharpei and batesi will prove to be 

 synonymous. Certainly the two birds were procured from 

 localities not far separated from one another. Only further 

 material can settle this point satisfactorily. 



Buteo augur alls. 



Buteo auguralis Salvad. Atti Soc. Ital. viii. 1865, p. 377 

 ■ — Type locality : Abyssinia. 



The female shot on the 2nd of March, 1915, at Bitye 



