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11. Falco biarmicus (Temm.) : Sharpe, /. c. p. 58, pi. ii. South 
African Lanner. 
a. (J Newcastle, June 3, 1873. Iris very dark. Remains of 
mouse or rat, and a great many grasshoppers' heads, in the stomach. 
12. Cerchneis rupicola (Daud.) : Sharpe, /. c. p. 62. South African 
Kestrel. 
a. $ Newcastle, June 3, 1873. Iris very dark. 
b. ? Newcastle, June 3, 1873. 
c. Not labelled. 
13. Cerchneis tinnunculoides (Temm.) Cerchneis naumanm, 
Sharpe, /. c. p. 64. Lesser Kestrel. 
a. $ (adult.) Holfontein, November 25, 1873. Iris dark hazel. 
14. Cerchneis amurensis (Radde) : Sharpe, t. c. p. 66. Eastern 
Red-footed Kestrel. 
a. 5 (adult.) Between Sibanani and Tamasancha, December 9, 
1874. Iris hazel ; skin round eye yellow ; skin at base of bill orange ; 
bill dark greyish blue, pale yellow at base, the yellow colour pre- 
dominating over the blue on the lower mandible ; legs and feet 
orange ; claws pale dusky orange. In stomach flying ants, which it 
was catching in the air, amongst many other birds, when shot. The 
male, I think, is less, and more distinctly marked. 
[Dr. Kirk was the first to discover this Kestrel in the Zambesi 
region, and there were specimens in Dr. Bradshaw's collection.] 
Sub-order Striges. 
Family BuBONiD^E. 
15. Bubo lacteus (Temm.) : Sharpe, /. c. p. 71. Verreaux's Eagle 
Owl. 
a. $ (adult.) Inkwesi River, August 5, 1874. Iris dark (? dark 
blue), but much sunk in when I got it ; bill very pale blue ; claws 
dusky black. 
16. Bubo maculosus (Vieill.) : Sharpe, /. c. p. jT)- Spotted Eagle 
Owl. 
a. Not labelled. 
17. Scops leucotis (Temm.) : Sharpe, /. c. p. 74. White-faced 
Scops Owl. 
a. 2 (adult.) Near Umvungu River, November 3, 1873. Native 
name, " Secova." Iris deep orange. Ova size of mustard seed. 
Remains of small rat in stomach. Sitting on nest, made, I think, in 
an old one, as there were many similar ones, as of a colony of birds, 
in the trees about. Three well-grown young ones in nest, very fierce, 
as was the old one. 
