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Falco ardosiacus. 



Falco ardosiacus Bonnaterre and \'iEii.r.., Encycl. Meth., Orn., 

 1823, pt. 3, p. 1238. — Type locality : Sénégal. 



A single spécimen of the Grey Kestrel was sliot at Iju by 

 Mr. LowE on loth January, 1920. 



Range. — This species ranges from Sénégal to Angola on the 

 ^Vest Coast and eastwards through the Belgian Congo and Sudan 

 to Abyssinia and Uganda. It is represented in the British Muséum 

 from Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Southern Nigeria and Angola 

 on the West Coast, as well as from the Belgian Congo, Uganda, 

 Eritrea, Abyssinia and the Egyptian Sudan. 



Reichenow records it from the interior ôf the Gold Coast and 

 from Landana at the mouth of the Congo, in addition, on the West 

 Coast. 



(h. very scarce bird only met with on one occasion. Thev are 

 very useful as they feed largely on beetles. — W. P. L.). 



Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus. 



Falco tiimunciilus LiNX., Syst. Nat., loth éd.. 1758, p. 90. — 

 Type locality : Europe restricted to Sweden. 



The bird collected at Iju water vvorks on the 24th December, 

 appears to be a représentative of the Common Kestrel, which 

 migrâtes to tropical Africa in winter. 



There is another Nigérian (Northern) spécimen in the British 

 Muséum obtained by Capt. Abadie at Jebba on 26th November, 

 1899. From other parts of West Africa we hâve two skins from 

 Broomassie and the Cobra River on the Gold Coast, obtained on 

 the i6th January, 1904 by H. Whiteside and two others from 

 Sénégal (A. Marche). Thèse birds hâve ail been determined by 

 Mr. \\ . L Sclater as the typical and not the rather rare African 

 race of Kestrel known as Falco ttiiniinciiliis carlo. We hâve a 



