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Distitigtiis/iiiig cliaracters. — This race inay be known froni 

 the tvpical forni by the more pronounced banding of the lower 

 breast belly and flanks. The différence is certainly small but is 

 constant 



(A very common and nseful hawk feeding on mice and lizards. 

 I never saw it molesting poultry. — W. P. L.) 



Accipiter melanoleucus. 



Accipiter tnelauoleucus Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ., isl. ser., 

 1830, p. 22q. — Type locality : Bavians River, Cape 

 Province. 



Two fine immature spécimens — a maie and feniale — of tlie 

 Black Sparrow-hawk were obtained at Iju by Mr. Lowe on February 

 7th and iith ig20. Thèse examples are a welcome addition to the 

 British Muséum séries in which the immature bird is not over well 

 represented; both are beautiful, fresh, clean spécimens and excel- 

 lent skins hâve been made of them. 



We hâve in the National Collection three other spécimens from 

 Nigeria but lacking in data, sex, etc. One was secured by Sir 

 A. Smith on the Calabar river in Southern Nigeria, while from 

 Northern Nigeria there are two adult spécimens obtained by 

 Dr. Baikie on the Niger. 



Range. — The Black Sparrow-hawk or, as it is sometimes 

 called, the Black and White Sparrow-hawk, is widely distributed 

 in Africa from the Gold Coast and Egyptian Sudan south to the 

 Cape Province. It is represented in the British Muséum irom the 

 foUowing localities : Gold Coast, ofF the Cape Verde Islands, 

 N. and S. Nigeria, Cameroon, Gaboon, Egyptian Sudan, Abys- 

 sinia, Uganda, Nyasaland, Natal and Cape Colony. 



(Thèse birds were fairlv common amongst tall timber. — 

 W. P. L.) 



