— 177 — 



obtained were the only ones of tliat sex seen. Thev were feeding 

 on some sniall bird. — W. P. L.) 



Circus macrourus. 



Accipitcr inacroitnts Gmei.in, N. Connu. Acad. Petrop., XV, 

 p. 439 : Tvpe localitv : Veronetz to tlie V^olga, i. e. 

 SE. Russia. 



Mr. LowK shot a single example of the Pale Harrier at the w ater 

 Works near Lagos on the 1 5th |anuarv, iqeo. 



From Northern Nigeria \ve hâve three spécimens from Lake 

 Chad and the vicinity (Kopchi and Kaddai). 



Afi iciiii range : In the very large séries of this bird in the Bri- 

 tish Muséum \ve hâve numerous African-killed examples obtained 

 in the following localities : Egypt (Jantiarv, March, April,) Tuni- 

 sia (March\ Gambia (December), Portuguese Gninea, Gold Coast 

 (February, April\ Northern Nigeria (Febrnary, March, October, 

 Noveniber), Sudan (january, March, October, November), Eritrea 

 (February, March), Somaliland (March), Abyssinia (November), 

 Kenya Colony (October, November, December), Tanganyika 

 Territory (January), Uganda (February, May, December), Nyasa- 

 land (November, December), Port. E. Africa (October, Novem- 

 ber), S. Rhodesia (January), Transvaal (January, March), Orange 

 Free State (January), Cape Colony (undated). 



(Scarce. — W. P. L.) 



Famii.y VULTURIDAE. 



Qypohierax angolensis. 



Falco aiigoleiisis Gmei,., Svst. Nat., 1, pt. i, 178S, p. 252. — 

 Tvpe localitv : Angola. 



The \'ulturine Fisheagle was obtained in S. Nigeria bv Mann 

 at Lagos. Dr. Baikik obtained it on the Niger river in Northern 

 Nigeria. 



