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7. Bas a cuculoides (Sw.). 



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



One adult specimen , obtaiaed in the vicinity of Schieffe- 

 linsville. 



8. Haliaetus angolensis (Gm.). 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 154; id. 1886, p. 246. 



This bird seems to be common all over in the coast region, 

 but purer white specimens are found farther down the 

 coast than above Monrovia , where I never found specimens 

 with the white parts of the plumage quite pure. 



9. Bubo cinerascens. 



Bubo cinerascens, Guér. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 321; — Schl. Mus. 

 P,-B. Oti, p. 15 (1862); id. Revue Noctuae , p. 5 (1873); — 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds Br. Mus. II. p. 32 (1875). 



One specimen (adult Q), acquired in Grand Cape Mount, 

 where it was kept in captivity by a native. Died Dec. 

 10, 1886. 



Iris dark brown , bill , toes and nails dark lead color. 

 Wing 30 cM., tail 17 , tarsus 6,5. 



This specimen agrees in every respect with the six ones 

 from N. E. Africa , already in our collection , and its color 

 alone, especially the predominant grayish tinge with the 

 narrow , brownish vermiculations above and below, is suffi- 

 cient to distinguish it at once from B. leucostictus ^ which 

 latter species, moreover, has the eyes yellow, as well as 

 the tip of the bill. 



Mr. Sharpe , in his above cited Catalogue , adds to the 

 synonymy of B. cinerascens the B. maculosus in Hartl. Orn. 

 W. Afr. p. 19. I cannot agree with this opinion and feel 

 quite sure that Dr. Hartlaub's description is really that of 

 the South African B. maculosus , which he erroneously 



JVotes from the Leyden IVIuseura, Vol. X. 



