W. E. OGILVIE-GEANT— AVES. 441 



a. <s . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 12th June. [No. 2395. G. L.] 



Iris light yellow ; bill yellowish-green ; feet yellow. 



[A few examples of this Pigmy Owl inhabited the acacia-country around the south 

 end of the range, but they were by no means common. I only once heard their 

 curious note, which is a succession of whistles forming an ascending scale with equal 

 intervals.— i?. B. IV.} 



Bubo lacteus (Temm.). 



Bubo lacteus Reich. Vog. Afr. i. p. 650 (1901). 

 a. d ■ Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 6th May. [No. 1511. I). C] 

 Iris black ; bill pale horn-colour ; feet grey. 



[A few examples of Verreaux's Eagle-Owl were seen in the acacia-forests on the 

 plains to the south-east and south-west of Ruwenzori. — B. B. W.~\ 



Family Falconid^e. 

 Elanus cjeruleus (Desf.). 



Elanus cceruleus Reich. Vog. Afr. i. p. 615 (1901). 

 a. ? . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 26th June. [No. 1694. I). C] 

 The Black-shouldered Kite has the iris orange-red, the bill black, and the cere and 

 feet yellow. 



MlLVUS ^egyptius (Gmel.). 

 Milvus agyptius Reich. Vog. Afr. i. p. 609 (1901). 



a. 6 imm. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 22nd Jan. [No. 124. B. E. I).] 



b. d. „ „ „ 8th Feb. [No. 150. B. E. £.] 

 Adult. Iris dark brown ; bill and feet yellow. 



Immature. Iris dark brown ; base of the upper mandible and the lower mandible 

 yellow, rest of the upper mandible dark brown ; feet yellow. 



[The Egyptian Kite was numerous on the plains around the mountains, but more so 

 on the east side than on the west. It was met with up to an altitude of 7000 ft., but 

 was not observed above that elevation. On the 7th of March, on the east side of the 

 mountains, a great company of Kites, not less than 300, was seen in the evening. 

 They were circling round and round, high in the'air, like Rooks, and travelling towards 

 the north. On the 10th of August, on the west side of the range, a similar sight was 

 witnessed, and the birds were again travelling in a northerly direction. — B. B. W.~\ 



Helotarsus ecaudatus (Daud.). 



Helotarsus ecaudatus Reich. Vog. Afr. i. p. 598 (1901). 

 a, 6 . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 9th June. [No. 441. 11. E. D.] 

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