28 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
24, Burgo avaur. Augur Buzzard. 
The only claim that this species possesses to be inserted in the pre- 
sent work is the occurrence of two specimens in Mossamedes, where 
they were shot by Seftor Anchieta at Capangombe and Huilla. Ex- 
cepting these examples, which were kindly forwarded for inspection 
by Prof. Barboza du Bocage, we have never seen an example from 
any locality away from North-Eastern Africa, and the capture of 
these specimens so far south of their ordinary habitat is of great 
interest, when considered along with the occurrence of Melieraa poly- 
zonus in Damara Land. ‘The notice of this Buzzard will be found in 
Bocages’ fifth list of birds procured in the Portuguese possessions of 
Western Africa.—(Jorn. Lisb. 1871, p. 335.) 
As it is possible that this species may have occurred in South 
Africa more often than has been supposed, the editor has added the 
description of the plumages published by him in the British Museum 
“Catalogue of Birds.” 
Young.—Above uniform dark brown, the nape streaked with white; 
sides and hinder part of neck streaked with rufous buff; lores 
whitish, sides of face and under surface of body creamy-buff, much 
marked with brown on the throat and cheeks, forming a distinct 
moustachial indication on the latter; sides of breast and abdomen, 
as wellas under wing-coverts, distinctly marked with dark brown ; 
thighs uniform ochraceous buff; upper tail-coverts ashy-brown, tipped 
with rufous ; tail ashy brown, with a whitey brown tip, and crossed 
with twelve or thirteen bands of darker brown ; quills ashy brown, 
externally ashy near the base, and barred with dark brown, the 
inner web of quills white, the tips black both above and below, 
secondaries with more or less distinct bars of dark brown below ; 
iris umber-brown. 
Adult male.—Above black, pure white below and on sides of neck ; 
cheeks, ear-coverts, and throat black, the latter somewhat streaked 
with white, the flanks slightly marked with black ; upper tail-coverts 
rufous with black tips; tail bright tawny, with a blackish patch 
towards the tip of outer web; quills black at tip, ashy grey near 
the base, the secondaries paler and more silvery grey, all crossed 
with black bars; under wing-coverts white, as also the inner web 
of the quills; cere and feet yellow; iris yellowish brown. 
In the foregoing stage, which does not occur in the allied Buteo 
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