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KaupiFxVLCO MONOGRAMMicus (Temm.). R. 4r)3. (3 M., 

 1 F.) May-June. 



I. bright sienna ; B. above black, cere and base of lower 

 mandible orange ; L. orange. MM. : Leng. .300-322 ; 

 Y\\ 115-222 ; Tl. 128-137 ; Ts. 49-51 ; C. 17. F. : Leng. 

 336 ; W. 238 ; Tl. 155 ; Ts. 53 ; C. 17. 



Very common at Villa Pereira. One of the specimens 

 was killed while it was eating a small bird. 



AsTUR POLYZoxoiDEs (A. Sm,). R. 456. (1 juv. M., 

 1 juv. F.) 



I. deep orange-red ; B. black, cere yellow ; Ts. pale 

 yellow, claws black. M. : Leng. 398 ; W. 1G4 ; Tl. 135 ; 

 Ts. 41 ; C. 10. F. : Leng. 279 ; AV. 190 ; Tl. 147 ; Ts. 44 ; 

 (;. 12. 



The M. was shot by Kirby at Malava, N.W. of Parakomi, 

 and the F. by myself at Villa Pereira, while it was devouring 

 a Levaillant's Barbet (TracIu/fJtonus cafer). I do not 

 remember to have seen any more. 



MiLYUS JSGYPTius (Gm.). R. 499. (1 M., 1 F.) Resi- 

 dent. 



M. : I. light brown; B. horn-yellow; L. yellow. Leno-. 

 507 ; AV. 410-415 ; Tl. 253-275 : Ts. 40-45"^; C. 22-24. 



The Egyptian Kite was very common throughout the 

 prazo, and on several occasions was seen to dash down and 

 make off with scraps of meat thrown away by the native 

 servants as they squatted round the fire. A nest was found 

 at Villa Pereira about the 30th October, but unfortunately 

 the bird in leaving the nest kicked out and broke the only 

 egg she was sitting on. The nest was a rough structure of 

 sticks ])laced in the fork of a tree about twenty feet from 

 the ground, within a few yards of a much-frequented foot- 

 path. 



Cerchneis dickinsoni (Scl.). R. 519. May and June. 



A AVhite-headed Hawk was often seen at Villa Pereira, 

 usuallv perched on the top of some dead trees left standino- 

 in the clearing, and repeated attempts were made to secure 



