510 DB. B. B. SHARl'E ox BIRDS [May 21, 



152. POLIOHIEHAX SEMITOEQUATUS. 



Falco semitorqitatim, Smith; Heugl. t. c. p. 38 (1865)) ; Reichen. 

 Yog. Deiitscb-Ost-Afr. p. 95 (lb94j. 



Poliohieraa' semitorquatus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 370 

 (1874) ; Salvad. Ann. Mu^. Genov. (2) i. p. 64 (1884). vi. p. 199 

 (1888) ; Shellev, Ibis, 1885, p. 391 (Somali plateau); Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1894, p. 539 ; Salvad. Mem. E. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 550 

 (1894: Warandab). 



a. c? 2 ad. Moodenner, Nov. 26, 1894. Eyelids, cere, base of 

 bill, and corner of mouth vermilion ; feet light red. 



h. S ad. Goulf, Nov. 29, 1894. Bill grey ; iris brown. 



c. S ad. Dunarn, Jan. 4, 1895. Iris brown ; feet vermilion. 



Heuglin met with this species in the neighbourhood of Gondokoro, 

 and Kuoblecher collected it in the Bari-Xegro countrv. A speci- 

 men from Shoa is in the British Museum, obtained by Sir W. C. 

 Harris. In the latter country it was met with it at Ambo-Karra in 

 July and August, and Mr. Jackson procured it in Turquel in 

 January. Dr. Eeichenow records it from Uniamwesi. 



153. CeBCHNEIS TINNTJIfCULUS. 



Cerchneis tinnunculus (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 425 

 (1894) ; id. Ibis, 1892, p. 540. 



Tinnunculus tinminculus (L.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 392. 



Tinnunculus negUctus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 65 

 (1884), vi. p. 200 (1888). 



Falco tinnunculus, Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 93 (1894). 



a. S ad. Darro Mountains, Aug. 18, 1894. 



h. $ ad. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 1, 1894. 



These specimens belong to the small dark resident race of 

 Kestrel found in North-east Africa, and not to the ordinary migra- 

 tory form of Europe. Count Salvadori considers the Kestrel of 

 Shoa to be distinct and calls it T. nef/lectus of Schlegel, hut I think 

 it is impossible to separate these dark ioi-ms of resident mountain 

 Kestrels specifically. Dr. Eeichenow records the Kestrel from 

 the Paugani Eiver, Igonda, and Kakoma. 



Order ANSEEIFOEMES. 



154. Chenalopex ^gtptiaca. 



Chenalopex cegyptiacus (L.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 1285 

 a873) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 241 (1884), vi. p. 319 

 (1888) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892. p. 541 : Salvad. Mem. E. Accad. Torino, 

 (2) xliv. p. 564 (1894 : Gurat) ; Eeichen. Yog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. 

 p. 28 (1894). 



Anser (Chenalojjex) cgypiiacus, Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, 

 xxxi. art. 10, p. 12(1886). 



a. $ ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 20, 1894. Iris orange : bill dull 

 crimson, black at nnd round the edge ; legs fleshy pink. 



This species appears to be universally spread over East Africa. 



