408 Lieut. C. W. Maekworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



This specimen agrees well with Reichenow's description 

 of the red form of the adult, hut from its behaviour 1 should 

 have taken it to be a young bird. It was very tame and 

 only flew from tree to tree, whereas all the other Buzzards 

 and Kites — they were round a grass-fire — were distinctly 

 shy. 



The bird is brick-red beneath, the thighs being very little 

 darker than the rest of the under surface ; feathers of the 

 back dark brown with red edges ; tail brick-red. There are 

 no specimens in the British Museum Collection of so red a 

 colour. 



Buteo augur. 



Buteo augur Riipp. Neue Wirb., Vog. 1835, p. 38, pi. xvi. 

 [Abyssinia] ; C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 243. 



? . Thika. 1st September. Wing 435 mm. 



Though the Augur Buzzard was common in the Ithanga 

 Hills, I secured one only. The odd shape and breadth of 

 its wings make it unmistakable when flying. I did not 

 meet with it on the Tsavo. I had considerable difficulty in 

 naming l)oth these Buzzards : the variation in the plumage 

 of B. augur is amazing. As I shot this specimen sitting, 

 I did not recognise it as B. augur, which 1 should have done 

 had I seen it flying. 



General colour above brown with several darker feathers ; 

 below white with a tinge of chestnut in places and with large 

 blackish-brown tips to the chest-feathers. Tail dirty chestnut 

 with thin brown l)ars. The plumage was much worn. 



Accipiter minuUus. 



Falco minuUus Daud. Traite, ii. 1800, p. 88 [Gamtoos R., 

 Cape Colony] . 



Accipiter minuUus tropicalis Reich w. J. f. 0. 1898, p. 139. 



Accipiter minuUus C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 243. 



(J imm. Thika. October. Wing 150 ram. 



? . Tsavo River. 27th July. „ 155 mm. 



Iris yellow ; bill black ; feet yellow. 



The Least Sparrow-Hawk is not common in either 

 locality. 



