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obtained by Bohm and Neumann near Bagarnoyo and Tanga on 

 the coast of German east Africa and by Mr. Alfred Sharpe in 

 Nyasaland. 



Habits. Little is known about the habits of this rare Eagle. 

 The first specimen described by Mr. Gurney is stated by the 

 collector, Mr. Gueinzius to have been " stuffed full of termites." 

 On the other hand Neumann found a snake in the stomach of one 

 opened by him. 



Genus XIV. ASTURINULA. 



Type. 

 Asturinula, Finsch <& Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 59 



(1870) ............................................. A. monogrammica. 



Bill somewhat small, edge of the upper mandible slightly 

 festooned, culmen rounded throughout; nostrils rounded with an 

 entire bony margin and central tubercle ; wings pointed, the dif- 

 ference between the primaries and secondaries exceeding consider- 

 ably the length of the tarsus ; tail very slightly rounded ; tarsus 

 bare for about its lower two-thirds, which portion is about equal to 

 the middle toe without claw, covered in front with a single row of 

 large transverse scutes. 



This genus contains only one species spread over the greater 

 part of the Ethiopian region. 



530. Asturinula monogrammica. African Buzzard Eagle. 



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Falco monogramniicus, Temm. PL Col. i, pi. 314 (1824). 



Kaupifalco monogrammicus, Gurney in Andersscn's B. Damaraland, 

 p. 26 (1872). 



Asturinula monogrammica, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 277 (1874) ; Sharpe, 

 ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 42, 797 (1875-84) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 484; Ayres, Ibis, 1879, p. 285, 1884, p. 219 [Bustenburg] ; W. 

 Ayres, Ibis, 1887, p. 47 [Zoutspansberg] ; Marshall, Ibis, 1896, p. 241 

 [Salisbury] ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 151 (1896); Sharpe, Ibis, 1897, 

 p. 495 [Zululand] ; Soiverby, Ibis, 1898, p. 574 [Fort Chiquaqua] ; 

 Woodward Bros. Natal Birds, p. 147 (1899) ; Marshall, Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 257 ; Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 437 [Zambesi Valley]. 



Kaupifalco monogrammicus meridionalis, Eeichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 

 549 (1901). 



Description. Adult female. Above, slaty-grey becoming almost 

 black on the rump; upper tail-coverts white; quills like the back 



