Mr. R. B. Shctrpe^s Catalogue of Accipitres. 465 



Middle 

 Wing. Tarsus. toe s. u. 



T. interstincttts. inches. inch. inch. 



Fom- from Amoy, N.M., and Mr. See- ) l^**^^ '^'^^ I'lO 



bohm's collection ] ^Q.^g ^ °q ^^°q 



T. japonicus. 



\ 10 1-50 MO 



Three from Japan, N.M < to to to 



( 10-25 1-70 1-30 



Three species of the genus Tinnunculus, all apj)arently seden- 

 taryj are peculiar to Africa, viz. : — T. rupicula, which inhabits 

 the most southern portion of that continent_, its northern limit 

 on the eastern boundary of South Africa nearly coinciding 

 with the tropic of Capricorn, and on the west with the 15th 

 degree of south latitude ; T. rupicoloides, the northern limit of 

 which seems to be about the 15th degree on both sides of the 

 continent, extending southwards to the tropic, or thereabouts, 

 on the west, and to about the 25th degree on the east ; and T. 

 alopex, which has only been met with in Sennaar and the 

 countries immediately adjacent. In v. Heuglin's article on 

 this species in Orn. N.O. Afr. vol. i. p. 41, mention is made of 

 a specimen preserved in the Vienna Museum, which is said to 

 be from Nubia, and which, if this locality be correct, is the 

 most northerly example of it on record ; and I am indebted to 

 Captain Shelley for calling my attention to a recent notice of 

 its occurrence by Dr. Hartlaub (Abhandl.naturw.Ver. Bremen, 

 Band vii.. Heft 2, p. 115) at Lado, in N. lat. 5° and long, about 

 32° E., which is probably the most southern point at which it 

 has been met with. 



With respect to these three species, I have only to remark, 

 as regards T. rupicola, that Mr. Sharpens description of the 

 female, as given in his Catalogue, p. 429, and also the figure 

 and description of a female specimen in the P.Z. S. 1874^ 

 pi. 18. fig. 2, and p. 583, appear to be taken from examples 

 not fully adult, as the old female exactly resembles the adult 

 male, with the exception of the dark slaty-grey cross bars on 

 the pale-grey ground-colour of the tail. I have recently 

 examined such a female in the collection of Captain Shelleyj 

 sexed by Mr, Bucklev, who obtained it in Natal. 



