220 Mr. II. Kemp on the Birds of 



Two young birds from Bo, February and April 1904. 

 Iris bluish grey and lemon-yellow ; bill and claws black ; 

 cere, orbit, and feet lemon-yellow. 



22. AsTUR SPHENURUS. 



Astur sphenurus (Rupp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 112 (1874) : 

 id. Hand-1. B. i. p. 249 (1899); Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, i. 

 p. 557 (1901). 



Bo, January and February 1904. Irides, eyelids, and 

 feet chrome-yellow ; cere chrome-yellow ; bill bluish slate- 

 coloured, blue-black at tip ; claws black. 



23. ACCIPITER BUETTIKOFERI. 



Accipiter buettikoferi Sharpe, Notes Leyden Mus. x. p. 199 

 (1888) ; id. Hand-1. B. i. p. 253 (1899). 



Accipiter hartlaubi Reichen. Yog. Afrikas, i. p. 564 (1901). 



Bo, May 1903. Irides crimson ; eyelids, cere, eyebrows, 

 and feet scarlet-orange; claws bluish black. 



Bo, March and May 1904. 



This is not an uncommon Hawk here, but is far less fre- 

 quently seen than Asturinula monogrammica. Two obtained 

 on the 5th of May were an undoubted pair, and were com- 

 mencing to build in a large cottonwood-tree on the outskirts 

 of the town at that date. The hen, upon dissection, proved 

 to be almost ready to lay. 



Onlv a few specimens of this Hawk seem to have been 

 obtained hitherto, viz. by Buttikofer in Liberia. Its occur- 

 rence therefore at Bo, which is about a hundred miles from 

 the Liberiau frontier, considerably extends its known range. 



24. Asturinula monogrammica. 



Asturinula monogrammica (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i 

 p. 275 (1874) ; id. Hand-1. B. i. p. 264 (1899). 



Kaupifalco monogrammicus Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, i. p. 547 

 (1901). 



Rotifunk, April 1902. Irides dark amber ; beak and claws 

 black ; eyelids, cere, and feet orange. 



Bo : May, June, and July 1903. 



Very plentiful. 



