700 INTessrs. Sclater and Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



Buteo augur alls. 



Buteo aur/ura/is Salvadori, Atti Soc. Ital. Milan, viii. 

 1865, p. 276 : Abyssinia ; Reicliw. V. A. i. p. 593. 



[B, coll.] 1 Sennar July, 1 Roseires Sept. Sen. 



[Chv. coll.] 1 Yambio Mcli. B.G. 



Probably a resident species in the southern part of the 

 Sudan. Recorded also from Kordofan by Antinori and 

 Heuglin. 



Accipiter nisus nisus. 



Falco nisus Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th cd. 1758, p. 92 : Europe, 

 restricted type-locality : Sweden. 



Accipiter nisus nisus liartert, Yog. pal. Faun. p. 1151. 



[B. coll.] 1 Baraiikwa Nov. 5, Sen. 



[C. & L. coll.] 1 Erkowit Apl. 3, R.S. 



The Sparrow-Havvk is apparently a rare winter visitor to 

 the Sudan, Mr. Butler records it also from Khartoum, 

 Flower from the Blue Nile, and RiipjjcU from Kordofan. 



Accipiter minullus inter medins. 



Accipiter minuitus intermedius Erlanger, J. f. O. 1C04, 

 p. 173 : Al)ola, Lake district of S. Abyssinia. 

 [B. coll.] 1 Roseires Nov. Sen. 



On examining the material in the Museum ^ve find we can 

 recognize four races of A. minullus, viz. : — 



A. m. minullus (Daudin). S. Africa, south of Zambesi. 

 A. m. tropicalis Reichw. Zambesi to British East Africa. 

 A. m. intermedius ]']rlangcr. Abyssinia to Uganda and 



the Sudan. 

 A. VI. erythropus Hartlaub. West Africa from the Gold 

 Coast to Gaboon. 



Accipiter melanoleucus . 



Accipiter melanoleucus Smith, S. A. Quart. Jonrn. i. pt. 3, 

 1830, p. 229 : Bavian^s River, Cape Colony. 



Astur melanoleucus Reichw. V. A. i. p. 551. 



Heuglin (Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 60) records a specimen of 

 this Hawk taken at Fazogli (Sen.) by Duke Paul of 

 Wiirtrmberg in 18-10. We know of no other record. 



