214; ON BIRDS FROM THE CONGO 



8. M ilv u s aegyptius (Gm.), 



Milvus aegyptius, Shiirpe, Birds S. Afr. p.49; — Boc. Orn. d'Ang.p. 43. 



An adult female , 28 January , Quipanlaime. 

 Iris brown, bill and feet yellow. 



9. El a nu s caeruleus (Desf.), 



Elanus melanopterus , Schl. Mus. P.-B., Milvi, p. 6 ; id. Revue Accip. 



p. 130. 

 Elanus caeruleus, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 52; — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. 



p. 44. 



A series of adult and young specimens from Humpata 

 and Huilla , collected in all seasons of the year. 



Iris in young specimens light brown, in adult blood-red, 

 bill black , cere and feet lemon-yellow. — Contents of 

 stomach : Mice. 



10. Baza verreauxii (Lafr.). 



Baza cuculoides, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Revue Accip. p. 133 (N° 2, from 



Natal). 

 Baza verreauxii, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. .54, pi. 1. 



A fullgrown young female , shot 4 March on the Ka- 

 singa River. 



Iris yellow , bill black , cere and feet yellow. 



This specimen , the first which is noticed from the western 

 part of South Africa , agrees in size and color with a spe- 

 cimen from Natal in our Museum , which was obtained 

 from Mr. Gurney in 1866 and which was hitherto the 

 only representative of this species in our Museum. The 

 under wing-coverts in both are banded across , though 

 very faintly , with rufous and white , and also in another 

 female from the Gold Coast. This latter is however consi- 

 derably smaller and has its upper surface darker brown 

 than the former two specimens. 



11. Falco suhhuteo, Linn. 



Falco subbuteo , Sharpe , Birds S. Afr. p. 59 ; — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 48. 



Notes from tlie Leyden JMuseum, Vol. X. 



