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Another great sorrow was the death of a tiny Scops, which, 

 after two days' captivity, was appropriated by a felonious 

 cat : a few feathers only were left behind, so its name will 

 always be unknown to me. 



Strix flammea. 

 Only two noticed. 



Circus macrurus. 



Circus pallidus. 



Haliaetus albicilla. 



Single specimens frequently seen. 



Astur sphenurus. 



One of these birds dashed into the open window of one of the 

 houses, with a specimen of Cypselus affinis in each claw. 

 We caught him, and as he refused to relax his hold upon 

 his victims, he was subjected to the influence of chloroform. 

 The two Swifts were then liberated and he was put outside; 

 he shortly afterwards flew away, sadder, doubtless, and wiser 

 for the strange experience. 



Melierax polyzonus. 



AsTURINULA MONOGRAMMICA. 

 TiNNUNCULUS ALAUDARIUS. 



One shot 15th January, 1889. 



MiLVUS ICTINUS. 

 MiLA'US MIGRANS. 

 Gypohierax AXGOLENSIS. 



Phalacrocorax africanus. 



I have seen the eggs and young of this Cormorant brought 

 down the river by the natives ; adults were sometimes ob- 

 served on the mangrove swamps surrounding the Island of 

 St. Mary. 



Plotus levaillanti. 



One shot whilst fishing in a swamp. 



