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4. Melierax CANORUS (Rislach) : Sharpe, /. c. p. 17. Chanting 
Goshawk. 
a. $ Bush veldt, between Pretoria and Bamangwato, July 1873. 
Iris bright raw sienna ; base of beak orange (?) ; legs red. Crop and 
stomach very full, containing large ants, rat, lizard, etc. 
5. Melierax gabar (Daud.) : Sharpe, t. c. p. 19. Red-faced Gos- 
hawk. 
a. $ (adult.) Lion Camp, Crocodile River, July 1873. 
b. (juv.) Second Makalaka kraal on Zambesi road, September 3, 
1874. Iris deep orange, approaching burnt sienna ; bill black, orange 
all round the nostril and base ; skin round eye pale blue ; legs fine 
reddish, clouded and spotted with dusky black ; claws black. 
6. ASTUR POLYZONOIDES (Smith) : Sharpe, /. c, p. 22. Many-banded 
Goshawk. 
a. $ (adult.) First Makalaka kraal on Zambesi road, August 22, 
1874. Iris rich deep orange; bill black, pale bluish at base; skin 
round base yellow (pale) ; skin round eye pale bluish, inclining to 
yellow ; claws black. Lizard in stomach. 
b. $ Hendrik's Vlei, December 18, 1874. Iris crimson ; bill 
black, becoming pale blue just under nostril ; cere and gape and skin 
round eye yellow ; legs orange-yellow ; claws black. In stomach 
large insects and lizard (?). 
[This pretty little Goshawk is rare in South Africa, but appears 
to increase in numbers towards the Zambesi, whence I have recently 
seen a series collected by Dr. Bradshaw.] 
7. BUTEO JACKAL (Daud.) : Sharpe, /. c. p. 26. Jackal Buzzard. 
a. $ Newcastle, June 4, 1873. I^is pale golden hazel. 
8. MiLVUS ^GYPTius (G.) : Sharpe, t. c p. 49. Yellow-billed Kite. 
a. (J (testes well developed.) Ramaqueban River, September 17, 
1874. Iris bright hazel ; bill golden yellow, inchning to horn-colour 
on upper and lower mandibles, but bright at the base and nostrils ; 
legs golden yellow, somewhat dusky ; claws black. Lizards in 
stomach ; very fat. 
b. $ Tati, October 1874. 
9. ElANUS C^RULEUS (Desf.) ; Sharpe,/. c. p. 52. Black-shouldered 
Kite. 
a. $ (?) (imm.) Hex River, July 1873. Iris bright raw sienna. 
Mouse or rat in stomach. 
b. (adult.) Not labelled. 
ID. Falco minor, Bp. : Sharpe, /. c, p. 57. South African Pere- 
grine Falcon. 
a. (adult.) Not labelled. 
