1895.] FBOM WESTEBN SOilALI-LAND. 509 



a. Ad. Jan. 13, 1895. Iris brown; cere light yellow; bill grey; 

 feet dirty white. 



Heuglin found this fine Sea-Eagle in the Upper Nile districts. 

 Trom Southern Xubia it is seen along the "White and Blue Xiles, 

 on the Atbara and on Lake Tana. Antinori procured it on Lake 

 Cialalaka, and says that it is not rare along the Duleccia Eiver. 

 Mr. Jackson found it plentiful in Turquel, and Dr. Eeicheuow 

 says that it is distributed all over East Africa. 



150. MlIiTUS .^GTPTIUS. 



Milvus forsl-ali, Strickl. ; Heugl. t. c. p. 98 (1869). 



Milvas ceqyptius (Gm.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 320 (1874) ; Oust. t. c. 

 p. 2 (1886); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 58 (1884), vi. 

 p. 196 (1888) ; Eeicheu. Ycig. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 89 (1894). 



a. S ad. Eurza, Sept. 12, 1894. Iris dark brown ; bill, cere, 



and legs lemon-yellow. 

 h. (S ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 26, 1894. Iris rich brown; 



whole of bill dull pale yellow ; legs and corners of mouth 



bright yellow, 

 c. S imm. Sheik Husein, Sept. 26, 1894. Iris rich brown ; 



bill dark horn-colour, base dull yellow ; corners of mouth 



and legs bright yellow. 



The Egyptian Kite is, according to Dr. Heuglin, distributed 

 over the whole of North-eastern Africa, and was found by him on 

 the Arabian coast of the Eed Sea, on the Dahlak Islands, in Adel-land 

 and the Somali country, and in Abyssinia up to 12,000 feet. It is 

 resident in Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia, but scarcer on the Upper 

 Nile. It is very common in Shoa, according to Dr. Eagazzi, and is 

 said by Dr. Eeichenow to be universal throughout Eastern Africa. 



151. Elanus c^euleus. 



Elatms melanopterns (Daud.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 100 

 (1869). 



Elanus cceriileus (Desf.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 336 (1874) ; Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 60 (1884), vi. p. 191 (1888) ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1892, p. 539 ; Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 89 (1894). 



a. 5 imm. Budda, Nov. 11, 1894. Base of bill, corners of 

 mouth, and feet yellow ; iris red. 



According to Heuglin, this Black-winged Kite is one of the 

 commonest birds of prey in Central and Lower Egypt, rarer at 

 Assouan and in Northern Nubia. In autumn and winter it 

 appears, apparently singly, in the southern portions of Nubia, near 

 Khartoum, in Abyssinia and Takah, Bogos-land, in Kordofan, and 

 on the Blue and White Niles. Heuglin considers it to be less 

 plentiful in Egypt during the winter. Antinori met with it at 

 Daimbi in Shoa in May and November, and Dr. Eagazzi at Sodde 

 in June. In January Mr. Jackson procured a specimen in Turquel ; 

 and Dr. Eeichenow states that it has been found in German East 

 Africa at Tanga, Karema, and Kagehi. 



