IN WESTKRN LIBERIA. 153 



Ni sus hartlaubii. 



Nisus hartlaubii, J. Verr. in Hartl, Orn. W. Afr. p. 15. 



Accipiter hartlaubii, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Br. Mus. I. p. 

 150, pi. 6, fig. 2. 



Hab. Liberia, Gold Coast and Gaboon. 



One female specimen from Sofore Place, St. Pauls River. 



The only specimen we procured in Liberia agrees per- 

 fectly with the description given in Hartlaub , Orn. W. 

 A-fr. Zusatze p. 269, except cere and legs, which are 

 red, like in N. erythropus Hartl. instead of orange, resp. 

 yellow, as they ought to be according to the above men- 

 tioned description. 



In its manners it is a true Sparrow Hawk. 



Total length 25 cm., wing 16,5 cm., tail 12,8 cm., tar- 

 sus 4,5 cm., middle toe 2,8 cm. — Iris yellow. 



A careful comparison of this bird with our type speci- 

 men of N. erythropus Hartl. [N. minullus Schl. Rev. Cat. 

 Accip.J offers no striking difference except the color of the 

 under surface, and, as soon as ornithologists will have 

 a sufficient material at their disposal , both these species 

 might have much chance to be united under the name 

 of N. erythropus or perhaps , as did the late Prof Schlegel 

 in his Revue Cat. Accip. together with the third very 

 closely allied species , N. minullus from Southern Africa. 



Nisus macrocelides. 



Astur macrocelides, Hartl. J. f. 0. 1855. pp. 354 & 360; 

 — id. Orn. W. Afr. p. 12. 



Astur {Microjiisus) zonnrius , Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 15. 



Nisus unduliventer , Schl. (nee. Rüpp.), Mus. P.-B. Rev. 

 Accip. p. 96. 



Astur macroscelides , Sharpe, Cat. Birds Br. Mus. I. p. 

 100, pi. 3. 



Hab. Liberia , Gold Coast , Gaboon. 



Notes from tlie Leyden Mu.seu.na., Vol. VII. 



