426 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds 
87. UrorrioRCcHIS MACRURUS. 
Urotriorchis macrurus (Hartl.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, 
p. 597; 1905, p. 464. 
No. 976. 9 ad. Efulen, July 27, 1905. 
No. 994. @ ad. 3 | Aug. io L 1905. 
No. 1064. ¢ ad. » Aug: 17, 1905. Testes rather 
large. 
No. 1104. 9? juv. Zima Country, Oct. 10, 1905. 
Ovaries very small. 
This is the first young example of Urotriorchis that I have 
seen. It very much resembles the young of Astur castanilius, 
and has black spots on the under surface with black bars on 
the flanks. The tail has four broad bars of black, and the 
quills below are barred with silvery white and black. 
[Though this species is mainly confined to the forest, as 
was stated before (‘ Ibis,’ 1904, p. 597), I have learned that it 
comes about villages also. I have seen it in trees near a 
village; and a specimen (No. 994) was said to have been 
shot when it came back to pick up a fowl which it had 
dropped after starting away with it. In connexion with the 
catching of poultry by this bird a statement is made by the 
natives which is so remarkable that I venture to give it, 
even though it is not authenticated. They say that it does 
not fly upon its prey, but creeps up to it, on the ground ; and, 
according to one account, it walks among the fowls, pretend- 
ing to be one of them, and so pounces upon its prey. 
Specimens shotin July and August were breeding.—G. L. B.] 
88. TryoTRIORCHIS BATESI,. 
Dryotriorchis batesi Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 600. 
No. 1108. gad. Zima Country, Oct. 10, 1905. 
No. 1209. 9? ad. River Ja, Dec. 29, 1905. 
No: [S71.~ -Gaad: a July 28, 1906. Small ova 
in ovary. 
No. 1983. -g ad. Bitye, River Ja, Oct. 18, 1906. 
No. 2086. ¢ ad. os * Nov. 20, 1906. 
89. GYPOHIERAX ANGOLENSIS. 
Gypohierax angolensis (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1905, p. 364. 
[This bird, called “Jun” or “Jul,” was never found in 
