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a loud shriek and a very fast flight. I saw it generally near 

 baobab trees. This was tlie only Parrot seen. 



The bill is very much larger, sex for sex, than in the 

 northern race. 



Glaucidium per latum. 



St rix per led a Vieill. N. Diet. (i'Hist. Nat. vii. 1817, p. 26 

 [Senegal]. 



Glaucidium jjerlatum C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 256. 



S. Tsavo River. 24th July. Wing 105 mm. 



S' „ 25th July. ,, 105 mm. 



I saw this little Owl on several occasions. In each case 

 it was sitting on the bare bough of a tree without any 

 pretence oP conccalnicnt. 



Falco cuvieri. 



Fulco cuvieri A. Smith, S. African Quart. Journ. i. 1830, 

 p. 392 [Kei R., E. Cape Colony] ; C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, 

 p. 249. 



(J ad. Thika. 5th September. Wing 236 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill blue, cere yellow ; legs yellow. 



This was the only example of Cuvier's Falcon observed. 

 It is in full adult freshly-moulted plumage. 



Falco peregrinus minor. 



Falcu minor Sclileg. Abh. Geb, Zool. & Vergl. Anat. iii. 

 2. Heft, 1844, p. 20 [Cape]. 



Falco minor Reichw. Vog. Afr. i. 1901, p. 622. 

 ? , Tsavo Swamp. 6th August. Wing 315 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill black, cere yellow ; legs lemon- 

 yellow. 



This particular bird was exceedingly tame. I saw only 

 one other Falcon ot the same size, also in this district. 



Poliohierax semitorquatus. 



Falco semitorquata A. Smith, Rep. Exp. C. Atr. 1836, p. 44 

 [Bechuanaland] . 



Poliohierax semitorquatus C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, j). 249. 

 J . Tsavo River. 10th August. Wing 127 mm. 



