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says to come from West Africa. The synonymy given by 

 Hartlaub after the description is likewise that of the true 

 B. maculosus. 



10. Bilbo leucostictus. 



Bubo leucostictus, Hartl. J. f. 0. 1855, p. 354 (ex Temm.); id. Orn. 

 W.-Afr. p. 18; — Schl. Mus. P.-B. Oti, p. 16 (1862); id. Rev. 

 Noctnae, p. 6 (1873); — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Br. Mus. II. p. 

 41 (1875). 



Adult male , January 1 , Hill Town ; adult female , May 

 22, Schieffelinsville ; nestling, February 2, Hill Town. 



Iris yellow , bill yellow , black at the base , toes yellow, 

 nails black. Wing 32,5 cM. 



Both specimens do not dijffer from each other and agree 

 tolerably well with the description given by Mr, Sbarpe in 

 his Catalogue. 



The nestling was still in down when I received it, and 

 all over pure white. The first plumage jWas also pure white , 

 but each feather above and below banded across with brown. 

 Iris yellow. 



11. Syrnium nucha le, Sharpe. 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 151; id. 1886, p. 247. 



Of an adult female , killed Dec. 24*^ on a Mangrove- 

 shrub near the river-side , the stomach contained a quan- 

 tity of remainders of beetles. A nestling I received alive 

 at Hill Town , was covered with down of a pure white 

 colour. It died Febr. S^h, after having been kept alive for 

 about six weeks and then the feathers , which still had a 

 downy appearance , were pale fulvous with white and dark 

 brown cross-bands and broadly tipped with pure white. 

 Wing- and tail-feathers had already the same color 

 as in the adult bird. The tarsal feathers are whitish. In 

 my first report (1885) I said the iris to be yellow. This 



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