210 DR. O. FINSCH ON BIRDS FROM NORTH-EASTERN 
19. Buso ascaLaruus, Savigny. 
Bubo ascalaphus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 12. no. 55; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 85. 
a. 3. Senafé. April 11 (no. 188). 
Abyssinia is a new locality for this species, which had hitherto only been observed as 
far south as Nubia.—0O. F. 
[Iris bright lemon-yellow; beak dark horn-colour; legs and feet feathered to the 
talons. 
This is the only specimen obtained by me of this Owl; it was shot among the rocks 
near Senafé: there was another, but I did not succeed in getting it. The only subse- 
quent occasion on which I saw this bird was at Guinea-fowl Plain, near Undel Wells. I 
saw a live specimen which had been brought down from Magdala, where I understood 
they were plentiful. W. J.] 
20. Buso Lacrevs (Temm. ). 
Bubo lacteus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 12. no. 53; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 87. 
cinerascens, Brehm, Habesch, p. 208. 
verreauxt, Bp. 
lacteus, Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 101. no. 39. 
a. 2. Rayrayguddy. May 9 (no. 121). 
{Iris bright yellow; beak pale horn-colour, almost white towards the end; legs and 
feet feathered nearly down to the talons. 
This, the only specimen I procured of this magnificent Owl, was shot at Rayrayguddy 
by a friend and sent to me. I never saw this species alive until I arrived on the 
banks of the Anseba in July, where I saw three one day sitting in a row on a large 
tree on the borders of a nullah; but being out after rhinoceros, neither Mr. W. T. 
Blanford nor myself could fire. This I regret, as on returning to the same place the 
next day we did not succeed in finding them; but a short time after, Mr. Blanford shot 
one near Kokai. Contents of stomach, large locusts and larve.—W. J.] 
21. Scops SENEGALENSIS, Sws. 
Scops vulgaris, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no, 83; id. Fauna d. Roth. Meeres, no. 26. 
senegalensis ?, Heugl. Journ. f. Orn. 1863, p. 14. 
zorca africanus, Schleg. Mus. P. B. Oti, p. 20. 
a. 2. Undel Wells. April 6 (no. 477). 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Tars. Dig. intern. 
4it git gil gi 54M" 10" gm 
4 8 -5! yl 2 3 -2!" 5M 54 103-12" 7 -8!" senegalensis. Gambia. 
5 10 -6 25-2 7 5-53" 11 -12 7 zorca. Europe. 
The African Scops agrees in every respect with our European S. zorca, except the 
shorter wings, this being, as far as I could find out, a permanent character, common 
