from Efulen in Camaroon. 597 



5. Urotriorchis .macrurus. 



I'rutriorcMs macrurus (Hartl.) ; Sharpe, antea, p. 99. 



"The specimen of November 1902 had nothing in its 

 stomach, except what seemed to he a i'ew crumpled blades 

 of grass. Of the stomachs of the others I have no record. 

 The species is, I think, confined to the forest/' 



G. ASTUR CASTANILIUS. 



Astur castanilius (Bp.) ; Sharpe, antea, p. 99. 



Astur macroscelides Hartl.; Reichenow, J. f. O. 189G, p. 6. 



Mr. Bates sends the following notes on the Goshawks and 

 Sparrow-Hawks obtained by him in the Efulen district: — 

 "The small species of Astur and Accipiter are called by the 

 general name of ' Obi-mven/ i. e. ' Mven-Hawk/ the 

 * mven ' being a common species of mouse (Mus univittatus) 

 which inhabits plantations and gardens. 



"The food which I have noticed in their stomachs was gene- 

 rally such as they would find in gardens or cleared ground. 

 The Astur castanilius had eaten some of the species of Mus 

 that live in gardens. Two individuals of Astur tousseneli had 

 eaten small frogs, which they might have met with anywhere ; 

 one had a lizard in its stomach, not found in the forest; 

 two had remains of small birds. The Accipiter erythropus 

 had just eaten one of the tiny Estreldce that live only in 

 clearings. The Accipiter batesi had feathers and bones of a 

 small bird in its stomach, and had been mixing a little fruit 

 with its diet, having also seeds of the ' asen. ' fruit, a tree 

 which grows only in old clearings. All these ' Obi-mven' 

 are skulking birds and seldom seen. Though they seem to 

 feed largely in clearings, they probably live also in the virgin 

 forest. I know that Astur tousseneli at least, which seems 

 to be the commonest species, does so." 



7. Astur tousseneli. 



Astur tousseneli (Verr.) ; Sharpe, antea, p. 100. 



Astur tachiro tousseneli Reichenow, Vdg. Afrikas, l. 

 p. 555 (1901). 



No. 360. ? juv. Efulen, March 1, 1901. Ovary very 

 small. [Wing 8'9.] 



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