30 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
blackish ; lower abdomen, vent, and under-tail coverts unspotted ; 
quills dusky greyish, the inner webs white towards the base ; tail 
above rufous, marked with eight transverse bands of black, under- 
neath greyish; bill blackish ; cere and feet yellow. 
Adult female—Above dusky, the feathers of the hind neck and of 
the back margined with rufous, the margins of the wing-coverts 
paler ; forehead white, streaked with black; nape spot white; below 
rufous white, the sides of the breast more decidedly rufous, and 
marked with large dusky spots; flanks streaked with dusky; tail 
above rufous, the terminal half obsoletely banded, the two bands 
before the tip more distinct, below greyish; bill blackish; cere and 
feet yellow. 
Since the above was written, Count Salvadori has kindly com- 
municated the following diagnosis of the species, which has, more- 
over, been recently figured in the work on the birds of Bogos by the 
Marquis Antinori and himself. 
Buteo B. auguri affinis, sed crassitie minori, capite supra ac dorso 
summo pulchré rufis, brunneo mixtis; area cervicali nigricante ; 
tectricibus alarum brunneis (nec nigris) ; pectore brunneo ; gula albi- 
cante ; abdomine pure albo, maculis subcordatis brunneo-nigris ornato, 
prorsus diversus. 
Fig. Antin. & Salvad. Viagg. Bogos, tay. I. 
26. Burro DESERTORUM. Rufous Buzzard. 
This bird is not common in the Cape Colony, but appears to be 
widely distributed. It frequents open country dotted with jungle, 
and is found also in the forests about George and the Knysna. 
Victorin procured it in the latter district in August. It appears 
to be absent in the eastern districts, as neither Mr. Rickard met 
with it near Port Elizabeth nor has Mr. Ayres procured it in Natal. 
The late Mr. Andersson, however, states that it is not uncommon in 
Ondonga, and Senor Anchieta obtained it at Caconda in Benguela. 
A specimen from the province of Duque do Braganza in Angola was 
at first referred to this species by Prof. Barboza du Bocage, but has 
been more recently determined by him to belong to B. auguralis. 
The note of this bird is a weak stridulous scream. A specimen 
lived for some time in our taxidermist’s work-room, and would 
eagerly answer to his name when called, by day or night. He would 
come to the hand and take from our fingers the bodies of the birds 
