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Astur spheniirus sphenurus. 



Falcu spheiiiinis Ki it., X. W'irbelt., Vôg., 1S35. p. 42. — l'vpe 

 locality : Dalilak Island, Red Sea. 



Three exainples of Rrri'Ki.i.'s Goshawk were sliot by Mr. Lowe 

 at Ijii in Deceiiiber and Januarv. 



From Northern Ni<i;ria \ve hâve an example coUected by 

 W. A. FoRHES at Shonga. 



I am inclined to follow Kikke Swann in keeping s/^/iciiuius 

 distinct ironi hadius — the Cingalese Shikra — instead oi making 

 it, as Mr. Sclater has done, a race of that lonn. That being so, 

 I shall recognise only two iornis of this bird, and it niay hiter be 

 necessary to incUide even n" 2 as a synonyni. 



I. — Asi"i:r spheniirus sphenl-rus. 

 Cf. supra. 



Range. — The typicai species is found over the greater part of 

 northern tropical Africa froni Erit-rea west to Gambia extending 

 south as far Kenya Colony (Naivasha district) on the East and 

 Sonthern Nigeria on the West coast. We hâve a very large séries 

 in the British Mnseum froni the foUowing localities : 



Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Northern 

 and Sonthern Nigeria, Fi-ench Eqnatorial Africa (Shari river), 

 N. Belgian Congo?, Egyptian Sndan, Abyssinia, Arabia, Soniali- 

 land, Kenya, Colony, Uganda. 



2. — Astur sphenurus riggenb.\chi. 



Astur riggenhaclii Neu.mann, Bull. B. O. C, XXI, 1908, p. 69 : 

 Gassam, east of Thiés, Sénégal. 



Range. — Sénégal. 



Distiiiguishiiig charactei s. — Said to be nuich darker on the 

 upperside than A. s. sphenurus^ the throat and iipper-breast uni- 

 forin dark vinous-bnff withont white bars. 



