512 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds collected 



obtaining my last specimen (No. 705) I have seen three 

 others of this species, so that it must be well represented 

 here in Toro. 



H. 1110. <J ad. Toro, March 20, 1902. Iris brown; 

 bill dark slate-coloured ; cere lemon-yellow ; feet dirty brown. 

 I have seen a good many of these birds in Toro, but have 

 seldom been able to get within range of them. They are 

 extremely wary, even for Accipitrine birds. 



H. 1129. ? juv. Toro, March 22, 1902. Iris brown ; 

 till slate-coloured ; cere and feet lemon-yellow. 



H. 1138. ? juv. Toro, March 25, 1902. Bill darkish 

 slate-coloured. 



14. BlJTEO DESERTORUM. 



Buteo desertorum (Daud.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 537 

 (Kikuyu; Turquel) ; id. Hand-1. B.i. p.255 (1899); Neum. 

 J. f. O. 1899, p. 51 (Kilimanjaro) ; Reichenow, Vug. Afrikas, 

 i. p. 594 (1901). 



Buteo buteo desertorum Neumann, J. f. O. 1904, p. 365 

 (Gindeberat, Shoa) . 



H. 812. S iraim. Buwenzori, Feb. 12, 1902. Iris white; 

 bill slaty-black, horn-blue at base ; feet yellow ; cere lemon- 

 yellow. This bird was brought to me by a Manyema, who 

 had trapped it with a fibre-noose on the ground. 



H. 874. $ imm. Ruwenzori, Feb. 21, 1902. Iris brownish 

 white ; bill slaty-black ; cere lemon-yellow ; feet yellow. 

 These birds are fairly numerous here. Their cry, or call, is 

 very curious, and can be heard for a great distance. Their 

 staple article of food seems to consist of the chickens of the 

 natives. With the exception of the Kite and the Crested 

 Eagle, this is the only representative of the Accipitres that I 

 have seen here. 



H. 1093. ? imm. Toro, March 17, 1902. Iris white, 

 suffused with brown ; bill slaty-black ; cere and feet lemon- 

 yellow. This bird, which was often to be seen on the wing 

 up the Buwenzori, is not so common down here. I have 

 only twice seen the species since leaving the mountain. 



