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tiny bird, its wiugs measuriug only 15 cM. (in one female 

 16, in the other 16,5 cM.). 



In all our three specimens the lower surface, with the 

 exception of the pure white chin and throat, is silvery 

 gray with very faint and narrow vermiculations of ashy; 

 the flanks and partially the thighs are showing the plain 

 vinous chestnut of the fully adult, without any vermicu- 

 lations. They have from six to ten whitish cross-bars on 

 the inner web of the tailfeathers , except the innermost pair, 

 which is entirely black on the upper surface and shows 

 on the lower faint indications of three white spots. 



4. P olyboroides typicus. 



Polyboroides typicus, Smith, S. Afr. Q. J. I. p. 107 (1830); id. Zool. 



S. Afr. pi. 81, 82 (1849); — Hartl. Om. W. Afr. pp. 2, 



269 (1857);— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Br. Mus. 1. p. 48 (1874); 



— Bocage, Orn. d' Angola, p. 7 (1881). 

 Nisus radiatus , Schl. Mas. P.-B. Astnres , p. 54 (1862); id. Revue 



Accip. p. 100 (1873). 



An immature male was obtained in the vicinity of Hill 

 Town. 



Iris , cere and bare parts round the eye orange red , 

 bill black , feet yellow. 



5. D ry otriorchis spectabilis (Schl.). 



Butt. N. L. M. 1886, p. 246. 



Only one specimen of this beautiful species, an adult 

 male , was procured. It was shot in the vicinity of Schief- 

 felinsville , and as it had only a wing broken , we kept it 

 alive for nearly two months , feeding it with small birds , 

 especially with weavers. 



6. Milvus aegyptius (Gm.). 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 155; id. 1886, p. 247. 



Frequently found along the coast down to Cape Palmas. 



Notes frc^m the Leyden Museum , Vol. X. 



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