540 Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe on Birds 



An immature birdj wliich must belong to this species and 

 not to F. suhbuteo, as the wing is 11 "2 inches in length. It 

 is in the young or " Hobby " stage of plumage. 



247. Cerchneis tinnunculus. 



Cerchneis tinnunculus (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 425. 



Tinnuncuhis alaudarius, Fischer, Zeitschr. i. p, 374 (1884; 

 Maurui) ; Salvad. Ann. Mas. Gen. (2) i. p. 64 (1884; Shoa, 

 on migration) ; id. op. cit. vi.p. 199 (1888; Shoa); Shelley, 

 Ibis, 1888, p. 295 (Lamu). 



Falco tinnunculus, Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 122 (Maurui). 

 No. 123. S- Kavirondo, Dec. 12, 1889.— Iris brown; 

 feet yellow. 



Order PELECANIFORMES. 



Suborder Phalacrocoraces. 



248. Phalacrocorax lucidus. 



Graculus lucidus (Licht.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. 



p. 1490 (1873) ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 114 (Osi-Tana 



district) . 



No. 6. S ad. Ripou Falls, River Nile, May 21, 1890.— 

 Iris green ; upper mandible black, lower one fading into 

 white at gape ; pouch mottled olive-green and yellow ; 

 a yellow patch below each eye. 



249. Phalacrocorax africanus. 



Phalacrocorax africanus (Grm.) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. i. p. 394 

 (1884; Naivasha Lake) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 307 (Man- 

 shundwani; Jipi) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 4 (Uganda). 



Microcarbo africanus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) ii. 

 p. 251 (1881; Lake Cialalaka) ; id. op. cit. vi. p. 325 (1888; 

 Lake Hara, Shoa). 



Graculus africanus, Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 114 (Osi- 

 Tana district ; Kingani; Barawa). 



Graculus jjygmceus (Pall.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. 

 p. 1491 (1873). 



Nos. 5, 7. ? ad. Ripon Falls, River Nile, May 21, 1890.— 

 Eyelids pinkish flesh-colour; bare skin of face flesh- 

 colour; bill dusky, with yellow markings; iris crimson. 



