hy Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 3 



" variegations^' of the back, botli of which quite exclude the 

 present species. I therefore prefer to use Smith's name 

 rather than " nisuella" oi Dauclin founded on Levaillant's 

 plate, as proposed by Reichenow. 



[Noted from Zululand, the Transvaal, and from the 

 Inhambane and Beira districts of Portuguese East Africa. 

 In most localities it was found very plentifully, especially in 

 Zululand and the Transvaal. It frequents the long grass in 

 the vleis and valleys, whence it can easily be flushed. I have 

 shot it in the daytime. It leaves its roosting-place just at 

 sundown, the flight being somewhat erratic and often in 

 wide circles. I am told that it breeds in the vleis, but I 

 never succeeded in proving this. 



The soft parts are : — 



(J. Irides rich brown; bill dark horn-coloured. 



? . Irides dark brown; bill dark horn-coloured.] 



495. Syrnium woodfordi. 



N. Illovo, Nov. {S and 2 pull.); Z. Sibudeni, Nov. (1) ; 

 Tv. Woodbush Hills, Nov. (2 juv.). 



Two quite young birds with the wing-quills just beginning 

 to grow have almost lost their first down, and are covered 

 above and below with whitish feathers transversely and 

 narrowly banded with fulvous brown ; the other pair taken 

 in the Woodbush are larger and very similarly marked, 



[" Mabangwani " of the Zulus. 



Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal are the only localities 

 in which I have observed this Owl. It is essentially a forest 

 species, and is by no means easy to obtain, usually fre- 

 quenting the denser bush on the banks of the streams. 



The soft parts of an adult are : — Irides hazel ; bill dark 

 nap 5s-yellow.] 



496. Bubo capensis. 

 Tv. Zuurbron, May (1). 

 [''Tsidsi" of the Gorongozas. 



The Eagle-Owl was fairly plentiful in the woods and 

 krantzes at Zuurbron, but was seldom seen ; I also met 

 with it at Eshovve in Zululand and heard its deep resonant 

 hoot in the forests at Gorongoza, but did not see one. It is 



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