506 DR. R. B. SHARPS ON BIRDS [May 21, 



Africa. It was noticed by Antinori at Daimbi in Shoa in January, 

 but not by Dr. Kagazzi. In the Turquel country Mr. Jackson 

 obtained the Southern race, Astur polyzonoldes, which is also the 

 form prevalent in East Africa (c/. Reichen. t. c. p. 88). 



142. Melierax poliopterus. 



Melierax poliopterus, Cab. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 88 ; 

 Salvad, Mem. E. Accad. Torino, (2) xUv. p. 550 (1894) ; Eeichen. 

 Vug. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 86 (1894). 



, Melierax polyzonus (nee Eiipp.), Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes 

 Etudes, xxxi. art. no. 10, p. 2. 



a. S ad. Doda, Nov. 21, 1894. 



h, c. Ad. Doda, Nov. 22, 1894. Iris brown ; base of bill deep 

 yellow ; legs salmon-colour. 



This species is not known from Shoa, nor has Mr. Jackson met 

 with it in the interior of East Africa, but Dr. Eeichenow records 

 it from Speke Gulf and Irangi. 



143. Melierax gabar. 



Msus gabar, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 73 (1869). 



Melierax gabar (Daud.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mu.s. i. p. 89 

 (1874); Shellev, Ibis, 1885, p. 391; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 535; 

 Eeichen. Yog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 87 (1894). 



Micronisus gabar, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 72 (1884), 

 vi. p. 203 (1888). 



a. 2 juv. Berbera, July 4, 1894. 



b. (^ ad. Boholgarshan, July 15, 1894. Iris reddish brown. 

 Heuglin states that the " Gabar " is the commonest Hawk in 



the cultivated lands and on the islands of the Nile in Nubia and 

 Senar ; also on the coast of Abyssinia, on the Mareb, in Takah and 

 Kordofan, but is rare on the Upper AVhite Nile. It was not seen 

 in wooded country or on the Abyssinian highlands. His most 

 northern point for the species was between Wadi-Halfa and Dir ; 

 but according to Schlegel the species has been obtained near Suez. 

 Antinori procured specimens at Daimbi in Shoa in November, and 

 Dr. Eagazzi met with it in the same country in March, June, and 

 August. Mr. Jackson obtained it at Machako's in March and 

 April, and Dr. Eeichenow records it from Useguba and Ukamba. 



144. Melierax niger. 



Nisus niger, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 74 (1869). 



Melierax niger, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 91 (1874) ; id. 

 Ibis, 1892, p. 535 ; Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 87 (1894). 



Micronisus niger, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 73 (1884). 



a. $ ad. Boholgarshan, July 15, 1894. Iris orange. 



Heuglin says that this species is often found in localities where 

 M. gabar does not occur, as in Bogos-land, high Central Abyssinia, 

 and on the Upper White Nile, but it was not noticed by him in 



