ART. 17 EAST AFRICAN VERTEBRATES LOVERIDGE 39 



Feeding time causes them to screech vociferously, raise their wings 

 and ruffle their pkimage even at this late date — July 6 — when they 

 look like adult birds, except for the immature mottling retained on 

 breast and wings. 



FALCO BIARMICUS BIARMICUS Temminck 



SOUTH AFRICAN lANNER 



An adult rufous crowned falcon arrived in the humiliating position 

 of being crammed into a small chicken crate or native basket. For 

 thi-ee days it refused food, though two rats were given it on arrival; 

 then, finding the hunger strike of no advantage, it settled down to a 

 diet of rats, small birds, or pieces of bullock meat which it seized 

 upon with no delay or reluctance whatever. (Dodoma, 27. vi. 26.) 



BUBO AFKICANUS AFRICANUS (Temminck) 



SPOTTED EAGLE OWI 



A bird brought in early in the week refused all food for three days, 

 as far as one could see; then began eating rats. (Dodoma, 7. viii. 

 26.) 



OTUS LEUCOTIS GRANTI (Kollibay) 



SOUTHERN WHITE-FACED SCOPS OWL 



Early in the month two downy nestlings were brought in which 

 throve remarkably under Haweis' care. They were fed on fragments 

 of rats and small birds or when these failed on scraps of raw bullock 

 meat. By the end of the month they were able to tear up their own 

 food. 



At first these young birds were rather a noisy nuisance at night as 

 they scrambled about on the wire netting and called, but gradually 

 they settled down into a well-fed and somnolent respectability. 

 (Dodoma, vi. 26.) 



An adult brought in toward the end of the month refused to feed 

 and though it was fed artificially for several days it succumbed on 

 July 3. (Dodoma, vii. 26.) 



TYTO ALBA AFFINIS (Blyth) 



AFRICAN BARN OWL 



A single bird received which frequently feeds at midday. The cry 

 of this species was often heard around the house during May and 

 June. (Dodoma vii. 26.) 



Ten birds were brought in but are not feeding well on meat, though 

 I have observed one eating in the daytime. Rats and a Grant's 

 francolin were eaten readily enough, but it is difficult to obtain a 

 sufficient supply of rats. (Kondoa Irangi, 13. vii. 26.) 



