during a Journey to the liuivenzori Range. 511 



H. 11 57. ? imm. Ankole, March 24, 1902. Iris yellow ; 

 bill black ; cere lemon-yellow ; feet bright yellow. 



[A young bird in moult. I believe it to be referable to 

 Montagu's Harrier, as the notch in the second primary is 

 situated clear of the primary-coverts, though scarcely an 

 inch away. Cf. Catalogue of Birds, i. p. 52. — R. B. S.] 



12. Circus kanivorus. 



Circus ranivorus (Daud.) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 246 

 (1899) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, i. p. 540 (1901). 



H. 714. <$ imm., <$ ad. Toro, Jan. 26, 1902. Iris very 

 deep bright lemon-coloured ; bill slaty-black, with a greenish 

 tinge at the base of the lower mandible; cere dirty light 

 lemon-coloured ; feet light yellow. This and Circus py gar gus 

 were shot while hawking over the burnt grass in search of 

 rats. 



H. 1168. ? ad. Ankole, April 2, 1902. Iris yellow ; 

 bill slaty-black ; cere greenish lemon-coloured ; feet yellow. 



[This is apparently the first record of the present species 

 so far to the northward. — R. B. S.] 



13. BUTEO AUGUR. 



Buteo augur Riipp. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 536 (Ukam- 

 bani; Masai-Land; Mt. Elgon) ; id. Hand-1. B. i. p. 255 

 (1899) ; Neum. J. f. O. 1899, p. 80 (Kilimanjaro) ; Hartert, 

 Nov. Zool. vii. p. 31 (1900: Fort Gerry, Lake Varangot, 

 Toro) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, i. p. 592 (1901) ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1902, p. 108 (Eldoma Ravine) ; Neum. J. f. O. 1904, 

 p. 362 (Adis Abeba; Gofa ; Lake Abassi; Gimirra; Kaffa; 

 Soko). 



H. 705. ? ad. Four marches out from Entebbe, Jan. 19, 

 1902. At first I mistook this bird for a Crested Eagle, as, 

 at eighty yards' distance, it appeared quite black. It was 

 sitting at the top of a dead tree, looking out for rats, remains 

 of some of which were found in its stomach. The grass had 

 been burnt for some distance round the tree. 



H. 747. ? ad. Near Fort Portal, Feb. 3, 1902. Iris 

 hazel-brown ; bill dark slaty, horn-blue at the base ; cere 

 bright deep lemon-yellow ; feet bright lemon-yellow. Since 



