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male, dull blackish green taking the place of the blue on 

 the rump.— W. P. L.] 



jNIiLVUS iEGYPTIUS (Gm.). 



MilvKs agyptius Reich, i. p. C09. 



a. S . mt'u. 30th Dec, 1910. (No. 206.) 



Iris brown ; feet yellow ; bill yellowish black, cere yellow. 



[This species appeared to be quite common along the coast; 

 it was frequently seen around the ship picking up waste 

 food and occasionally bodies of the birds which I had 

 skinned. The natives esteem it a great delicacy and I 

 often shot it for my carriers : it has a curious habit of 

 coming immediately a grass fire is started, probably to pick 

 up any small creatures such as locusts that may have been 

 killed ; at such times specimens are easily shot. I saw 

 several nests placed high up in inaccessible trees. — W. P. L.] 



BuTEo AUGURALis Salvad. 



Buteo auguralis Reich, i. p. 59-3. 



a. S' Sierra Leone. 9th March, 1911. (No. 632.) 



Iris brown; bill black, base bluish; cere yellow; feetyellow. 



Total length in the flesh 18^ inches; expanse of wings 

 45 inches. 



This example of the West Coast form of B. augur is imma- 

 ture. The small sii^e in comparison with B. augur is at once 

 noticeable, the wing measuring 13'7 inches, while that of 

 an immature male of B. augur measures 15"4 inches. 



[In addition to one procured at Sierra Leone I saw a 

 pair of these Buzzards at Nanna Kru ; but they were more 

 plentiful near Axim. — W. P. L.] 



The occurrence of this species in Liberia has not hitherto 

 been recorded. 



Cerchneis sp. inc. 



a. $ imm. St. Paul de Loanda. 15th Dec, 1910. 

 (No. 108.) 



Iris black, cere greenish yellow ; bill bluish horn-coloured; 

 feet yellow. The stomach contained locusts. 



This example in immature plumage is a dark bird, very 

 similar to C. saturata Blyth, from N.E. Africa. 



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