FllOM EQUATOniAL AFEICA. 439 



99. Scops giu (Scop.) ; Sharpe, Cat. JB. ii. p. 47. — S. zorca, 

 Heugl. t. c. p. 117. 



An adult male from Dembo (a zereeba on the Bahr el Grliazal), 

 July. This specimen is undoubtedly identical with European 

 aud Seuegambian examples. 



100. GrLAUCiDiUM PEELATTJM (Vieill.) ; Sharpe,Cat. B. ii. p. 209. 

 — Athene perlata, Hartl. op. cit. vii. p. 215. — Noctua perlata, 

 Heugl. t. c. p. 120. 



Several individuals from Sassa and Semmio. 



An Abyssinian specimen in the Bi'itish Museum has seven bars 

 on the tail, and the example retained by the latter institution from 

 Semmio has six white bars. 



101. Syenium BoHNDOErpi, sp. n. 

 Erom Semmio aud Ndoruma. 



Closely allied to S. nuchale, Sharpe, but distinguished at once 

 by its deep cinnamon colour above, with scarcely any white spots, 

 aud by the absence of the large white spots on the wing-coverts, 

 which are thus almost entirely uniform. The breast, instead of 

 being broadly barred across, has only some small white spots and 

 bars. The specimens brought by Mr. Bohndorff have been com- 

 pared with fire adult specimens of S. nuchale from the Gold 

 Coast and G-aboon. 



I subjoin a description of the typical example : — 

 Adult. General colour above dark cinnamon-rufous, with 

 scarcely an indication of any vermiculations, excepting a few on 

 the lower back and upper tail-coverts, the latter having indi- 

 cations of fulvescent spots along the shafts ; scapulars lighter 

 rufous externally, inclining to tawny buff towards the base, and 

 with a large quadrate spot of white near the end of the outer 

 web ; wing-coverts nearly uniform rufous brown, the outer webs 

 of the greater series lighter rufous and with a slight indication of 

 dusky vermiculations and a whitish spot towards the end of the 

 outer web ; bastard wing blackish, with rufous bars on the outer 

 web ; primary-coverts uniform black, excepting a rufous bar at 

 the end ; quills regularly barred with blackish and light rufous 

 brown, the inner secondaries pale cinnamon, with light brown 

 cross bars ; tail-feathers barred with blackish and light rufous, 

 the centre ones with five pale bars including the tip, the light 

 bars being seven in number on the outer feathers ; crown of head 

 uniform cinnamon-brown, with black shaft-streaks and a few^ 



