1888.] FROM EQUATORIAL AFRICA. 47 



Cerchneis alopex, Shnrpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 432, pi. 14. 

 % 1. $• 



No. 952. Redjaf, Dec. 2, 1883. 



No. 167. Redjaf, Jan. 28, 1884. 



The male is slightly darker and more strongly streaked. 



1.58. DissoDECTES ARDESiACus (Bonn. & Vieill.). 



Cerchneis ardesiaca, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 446; id. 

 Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xvii. p. 438. 



Falco ardesiacus, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 1881, 

 p. 15; Pelz. Verh. Wien, xxxi. 1881, pp. 143, 606. 



No. 290. $ . Lado, April 2, 1884. 



159. Bubo cinerascens, Guer. 



Bubo cinerascens, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii, p. 32 ; Hartl. 

 Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. viii. 1882, p. 215 ; Sharpe, Journ. Liim. 

 Soc, Zool. xvii. 1884, p. 438. 



No. 172. $. Redjaf, Jan. 30, 1884. 



Iris dusky ; bill blackish ; feet beneath the feathers dusky. 



Compared with the S.-African B. macw/osMS (Sharpe, Cat. ii. p. 13), 

 I do not see much difference in plumage, and do not think much of 

 the feathering of the toes ; but in B. maculosus the iris is yellow, 

 which apparently settles the question of the difference iu the two 

 species. 



160. Scops capensis, Smith. 



Scops zorca africana, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 117. 



Scops cape7isis, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 52, pi. 3. fig. 1. 



Nos. 37, 5S. Wadelai, Aug. 2, 1885. 



Iris sulphur-yellow ; bill horn-colour ; feet duskv. 



This specimen certainly belongs to the >S. capensis as understood 

 by Mr. Sharpe, and those collected by Mr. Bohndorff (Sharpe, Journ. 

 Linn. Soc, Zool. xvii. 1884, p. 439) in the Niam-niam country to 

 8. giu. To say that they are really specifically distinct requires 

 more research than I have given to the subject. 



161. Glaucidium perlatum (Vieill.). 



Glaucidium perlatum, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 209; id. 

 Journ. Jjinn. Soc, Zool. xvii. 1884, p. 439. 



Athene perlata, Pelz. Verh. Wien, xxxi. 1881, p. 143; Hartl. 

 Abhandl. nat. Verh. Brem. viii. 1882, p. 215. 



No. 364. cJ. Kiri, May 21, 1884. 



b. 2- [No locality.] March 16, 1883. 



162. Strix flammea, Linn. 



Strix Jlammea, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 291 ; id. Journ. 

 Linn. Soc, Zool. xvii. 1884, p. 440. 

 No. 63. Tingasi, May 1882, 

 Small; wing only 9'4 inches, but of the ordinary typical colouring. 



