— 170 — 



Di'stiiigiiishing characters, —Cf. Kirkk Swann, 1. c, p. i6q 

 (2nd edit., 1922). 



(The Ciickoo-Falcon A. c. ciiaïUoidcs was rare near the Iju water 

 Works. It inliabits biish coiintrv and feeds on f^rassboppers. — 

 VV. P. L.; 



Milvus migrans parasiticus. 



/^ti/co />(ir<isiticits Davdis, Traité d'Orn.,11, iSoo, p. 150. — Tvpe 

 locality : South .-^frica. 



An example of the African Black Kite was shot by Mr. Lowe at 

 Iju water works. Another example was shot on the Niger river, 

 probablv'in Northern Nigeria bv Dr. Baikie in 1854. 



Range. — This Kite bas an enormous range throughoiit the 

 whole of Africa south of the Sahara. It is represented in the 

 British Muséum from the following localities in Western Africa 

 alone : Sénégal, Sierra Leone, Libéria, Gold Coast, Northern 

 Nigeria, Southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Belgian Congo, Angola. 



The African races of this Kite are : 



I . — MlI.VL'S MIGRANS MIGRANS. 



Type locality : France. 



2. — Milvus migrans aegyptius. 

 Type localitv ; Egypt. 



3. — MiI.VCS MIGRANS PARASITICrS. 



Type locality : S. Africa. 



The Egyptian Kite does not appear to extend across Africa to 

 the West Coast, nor bave we got any example of the Europeaji 

 Black Kite from West Africa although this species bas been taken 

 on the East Coast as far south as Southern Khodesia. It is fairlv 



