78 Mr. R. McD. E.-dwkeY ^Results of a 



91. Strix flammea L. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. 

 p. 291 (1875). 



No. 213. ?. Jifa Uri, Jan. 20, 1898. Bill light ; irides 

 dark brown. 



I met with only one individual, which was in company 

 with Bubo ahyssinicus iu a cleft in the hill. The Barn- 

 Owl does not appear to have been before recorded from 

 Soraaliland. 



92. Bubo cinerascens Guerin; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 ii. p. 32. 



No. 218. S . Jifa Uri, Jan. 22, 1898. Bill black. 

 I found this specimen and an example of Bubo abyssinicus 

 in the same cleft in the hill. 



93. Bubo abyssinicus (Gueriu) ; Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. 

 Club, vii. p. XXV (1898). 



Nos. 212, 218. S ? . Jifa Uri, Jan. 22, 1898. Bill black; 

 irides dark brown. 



The male is a grey bird ; the female is somewhat rufescent 

 and agrees with the example obtained by Mr. Benett-S tan- 

 ford and recorded by Dr. Sharpe, /. c. I shot them both 

 from the same cleft in the hill at Jifa Uri, and they are 

 probably male and female of the same pair. In the red 

 phase the large white spots on the head and neck are very 

 characteristic, and in the grey-plumaged male they are suf- 

 ficiently distinct to distinguish it from B. cinerascens, and, 

 but for the rufous phase, which does not seem to be present 

 in B. maculosus, there is considerable resemblance in B. 

 abyssinicus to some stages of the South- African bird. 



94. EuTOLMAETUs spiLOGASTER (DuBus); Sharpc, P. Z. S. 

 1895, p. 508. 



a. Ad. Daraweina, Feb. 1898. 



I shot this bird from off its nest, which was built in a 

 Jub-tree about 30 feet from the ground. There were two 

 eggs in the nest. 



95. PoLioHiERAx SEMiTORQUATus (Smith); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 

 1895, p. 510. 



No. 85. S- Arabsiyo, Nov. 29, 1897. Feet and cere 



