442 ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE RUWENZORI EXPEDITION. 



Iris chestnut ; cere orange ; bill orange-yellow, tip dark horn-colour ; feet orange. 



[The Bateleur Eagle was occasionally seen on the lower slopes and on the plains 

 below the mountains. The one obtained was shot by Mr. Dent with a small-bore 

 rifle while it was soaring at an altitude of some 400 ft. in the air. — R. B. IF. | 



LOPHOAETUS OCCIPITALIS (Daud.). 

 Lophoaeius occipitalis Reich. Vog. Afr. i. p. 582 (1901). 



a. ? . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 20th March. [No. 1392. I). C] 



Iris dark yellow; cere yellow ; bill horn-blue, blackish at the tip ; feet yellow, claws 

 black. 



[The Black-crested Eagle was occasionally seen on Ruwenzori up to an altitude of 

 10,000 ft.-i?. B. IF] 



BUTEO AUGUR (Riipp.). 

 Buteo augur Reich. Vog. Afr. i. p. 592 (1901) ; Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 511 [Entebbe; Toro] ; 

 Grant, Ibis, 1908, p. 315 [Mufumbiro Volcanoes]. 



a. 2 . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 9th March. [No. 3191. B. B. W.] 



Iris brown ; bill dark grey ; cere yellow ; feet yellow. 



[The Augur Buzzard was not met with above an altitude of 7000 ft. — B. B. IF 1 



Buteo auguealis Salvad. 

 Buteo auguralis Reich. Vog. Afr. i. p. 593 (1901). 



a. 6 imm. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 4th Jan. [No. 1092. I). C] 



b, c. 2 imm. „ „ „ 6000-7000 ft., 11th Feb. [Nos. 2153. 

 G. L. ; 3162. B. B. IF.] 



Iris hazel (male) or whitish (female) ; bill black, horn-blue at the base ; feet yellow. 

 [The Lesser Augur Buzzard was not uncommon on Ruwenzori up to an altitude of 

 8000 ft., and was occasionally seen up to an elevation of 12,500 ft. — B. B. IF] 



Buteo desertorum (Daud.). 



Buteo desertorum Reich. Vog. Afr. i. p. 594 (1901) ; Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 512 [Ruwenzori ; 

 Toro]. 

 a. ?vixad. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 5000 ft., 24th March. [No. 1417. 1). C] 



Iris dark yellow ; bill black ; cere yellow ; feet yellow. 



In this example of the African Buzzard the wing measures 13"4 inches (=340 mm.). 

 The tail is greyish-brown tinged with rufous and has nine dark cross-bars ; in the 

 fully mature bird the tail-feathers are chestnut with indistinct bars. 



