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5. Milvus aegyptius (Gm.). 



Butt. 1. c. p. 155. 



1 specimen , Junk River. 

 » Contents of stomach: grasshoppers." 



6. Per nis apivorus. 



Fernis apivorus, Hartl. Oru. W. Afr. p. 10. 



1 specimen (ad. (ƒ), 1 Jan., Junk River. 

 »Iris, cere and feet yellow, bill black. Contents of 

 stomach: fish-bones and hairs." 



7. Baza cuculoides (Swains.). 



Butt. 1. c. p. 155. 



1 specimen (9) , Junk River. 



8. Scotopelia Bouvier i. 



Scotopelia Bouvieri, Sharpe, Ibis 1875, p. 260; id. Cat. 

 Birds Br. Mus. II. p. 11 (1875). 



1 specimen (9) » 7 Jan., Junk River. 



»Iris bluish black, cere, bill and feet yellow, claws 

 cherry-brown. Contents of stomach: fish-bones." 



It seems very peculiar that this Liberian specimen belongs 

 to S. Bouvieri, hitherto only known from the Gaboon, instead 

 of to S. Ussheri , which is only known from the much nearer 

 Gold Coast. This specimen, distinguished from S. Ussheri 

 by its vermiculated upper surface, is still smaller than the 

 typical specimen in the Brit. Mus., as it shows the following 

 measurements: wing 31 cm., tail 20, tarsi 5,7. 



9. Syrnium nuchale, Sharpe. 



Butt. 1. c. p. 151. 



3 specimens (1 cf, 2 9)? Junk River. 



Notes from the Leyden Museura, Vol. "VIII. 



