68 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
Senor Anchiecta. Hitherto it had only been known from north- 
eastern Africa and Senegambia. 
Adult male.—Slaty-grey with dark shaft stripes to the feathers, 
especially distinct on the head and neck; quills dark brown, the 
inner secondaries slaty-grey like the back, the outer ones clearer 
grey towards the tips; tail slaty-grey, paler towards the tip, with 
whitish bands on the inner webs; under surface pale slaty-grey, 
with black shaft-stripes to the feathers, the throat and sides of the 
face whitish; cere, orbits, and feet yellow; bill dark leaden blue ; 
iris dark. Total length, 14 inches; culmen, 1:0; wing, 8-9; tail, 
6-4; tarsus, 1:6. (Sharpe, Cat. B. i, p. 446.) 
Fig. Temm. Pl. col. i, pl. 330. 
62. CERCHNEIS DICKERSONI. Dickerson’s Kestrel. 
This beautiful little hawk was discovered by the late Dr. Dickerson 
at Chibisa on the Shiré Valley, where also Dr. Kirk obtained a 
specimen. It has likewise occurred once to Senor Anchieta at 
Caconda in Benguela, on the south-western coast of Africa. 
Adult male.—Head and neck whitish ashy, with distinct blackish 
shaft-stripes to the feathers; rest of upper surface deep brown, 
inclining to black, the quills much darker brown, banded on the 
inner web with white; rump and upper tail-coverts white with a 
slight greyish shade ; tail banded alternately with black and greyish - 
white, the subterminal black bar being very broad, the tip white ; 
throat whitish; rest of under surface ashy brown with a slight 
greyish shade; under wing-coverts whitish ashy with distinct shaft- 
stripes; cere, orbits and feet yellow; bill blueish black, yellow at 
base of lower mandible; iris dark brown. ‘Total length, 11 inches; 
culmen, 0°95; wing, 8'°3; tail, 5-0; tarsus, 1:6. (Sharpe, Cat. B. 
i, p- 447.) 
Fig. Sclater, Ibis, 1864, pl. viii. 
SUB-ORDER PANDIONES. 
63. PANDION HALIAETUS. Osprey. 
The Osprey appears to be confined to the eastern districts of 
South Africa. It has been found in Natal by Mr. Ayres, who says 
that it frequents the salt-water lakes near the sea. Dr. Dickerson 
