collected in Nyasaland. 465 



Cerchneis dickersoni, Sharpe, B. S. Afr. pp. 68, 801 ; id. 

 Cat. i. p. 447. 



Zomba, ^, April. A fine adult specimen. This rare 

 species is known to me only as having been met with in the 

 Zambesi, Rovuma, and Benguela districts. 



8. ScOTOPELIxV PELI. 



Scotopelia peli, Bp. ; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. pp. 69, 801; id. 

 Cat. ii. p. 10. 



Mpimbi, Sept. 10. '^ The first specimen met with. — 



A. W.^' 



Mpimbi, Nov. 2. " Obtained alive and lived three months 

 in captivity, — A. W.^' 



This, the largest of the Fishing-Owls, ranges from Sene- 

 gambia to Natal. It has a pale and a dark phase of plumage ; 

 to the former the present specimen belongs, as well as others 

 in the British Museum labelled Shonga [Forbes] and Zambesi 

 {Sir J. King), and one obtained for me by Mr. Gordge 

 on the Upper Umlaas River, in Natal, between Durban 

 and Richmond, which is the specimen referred to (Sharpe, 



B. S. Afr. p. 801) as coming from Zululand. To the dark 

 phase belong the Gambia bird figured in 'The Ibis,' 1859, 

 pi. 15, and a specimen in the British Museum from Gaboon. 



9. Bubo maculosus. 



Bubo maculosus (Vieill.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 3. 

 Mpimbi, Oct. 



10. AsiO CAPENSIS. 



Asia capensis (Smith) ; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. pp. 79, 802; id. 

 Cat. ii. p. 239. 

 Zomba, April. 



11. Strix flammea. 



Strix flammea, Linn. ; Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 4. 

 (J, Zomba, April ; ? , Palombi River, Oct. 



12. Strix capensis. 



Strix capensis , '^vi\\i\\ ; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. pp, 81, 802; 

 id. Cat. ii. p. 307. 

 Zomba, Dec. 15, 



