178 Mr. W. L. Sclater on [Ibis, 



the Yemen certainly show no sign of this aherration and 

 must he identified with the Abyssinian form. 



Melierax metahates. 



Melierax metahates Heuglin, Ibis, 1861, p. 72: Bahr-el- 

 Abiad [= White Nile]. 



Melierax poly zonus (nee Lesson), auct. 



Barnes, 93, p, Q7 ; Yerbury, 96, p. 15 ; Hawker, 98, p. 374 ; 

 O.-Grant, 1900, p. 263. 



a,b. ? c? . Hajeilab, 2080 ft. 27. iii. & 10. iv. 13. 



Astur sphenuras. 



Falco (Nisus) sphenurus Riippell, N. Wirb. Vog. 1835, 

 p. 42 : Dahlak I., nr. Massowah. 



a. ?. Menakha, 6000 ft. 21.xii.l2. 



b. (J. Hajeilah, 2080 ft. 16.iv. 13. 



RiippelPs Goshawk is not mentioned in Mr. 0. -Grant's 

 list of Arabian birds, though stated by Reichenow as having 

 been obtained by Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Arabia. It has 

 a wide distribution in the northern part of the Ethiopian 

 region from Senegal to Somaliland. 



Gypaetns barbatus grandis. 



Gypactus grandis S torr, Alpenreise vora Jahre 1781, 1794, 

 p. 69 : Switzerland. 



fl. ^ imra. Sok-al-Khamis, 7400 ft. 14.vii. 13. 



b. S imm. „ „ „ 19. vii. 13. 



c. S nearly adt. „ „ „ 26. vii. 13. 



d. ? adt. „ ,, „ 2. viii.l3. 



e. ? adt. „ „ „ 15. viii. 13. 



h. ''Length in flesh 1045 mm., expanse of wings 2186; 

 bill pale brown, cere bluish, iris very pale with blood-red 

 streaks, feet bluish lead, toes darker. ^^ 



c. '^ Length in flesh 1040 mm., expanse of wings 2355; 

 two mammal bones the size of a man's thumb in crop.'' 



Wings measure : "a" 720, " b " 730, "c'^ 700, 'UP' 760, 

 "e" 730 mm., respectively. 



''The lordly Lammergeyer likes bones, but has neither the 

 flesh-tearing beak of the Griffon Vulture nor its punishing 



