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Family Psittacid^e. 

 Psittacus timneh. 



I never savr these birds near Freetown, but at Bontlie in 

 Sherbro Island they were plentiful. 



Agapornis pullarius. 



This species does not appear to have been previously 

 recorded from any locality on the west coast north of the 

 Gold Coast. A quite distinct species, A. sivinderenianus , 

 without any red on the head, is, however, found in Liberia. 



It is common as a cage-bird in Freetown, but not common 

 in a wild state, and I only observed it during the rains from 

 about May till July. They go about in small flocks, and I 

 usually found them near one spot, where they apparently 

 came to roost in some low trees. 



Family Strigid^. 



Asio leucotis. 



Timini name " yufu," Limba " yik/' One of these 

 birds flew into a barrack-room at Tower Hill, Freetown, and 

 was captured alive. I brought it home and gave it to the 

 Zoological Gardens in Dublin. 



On one or two occasions I saw a Brown Owl about the 

 size of the English Barn~Owl. Owls do not appear to be 

 common in Sierra Leone, or, if they are, contrive to conceal 

 themselves uncommonly well, as, during my two years' 

 residence, I did not see more than three or four, though I 

 was constantly out in the bush at all hours. 



irides orange- vermilion. 



Family Falconid^. 



Buteo auguralis. 



A young bird was shot 23 April 1912 near the tree in 

 which the nest was situated, but I did not discover it till 

 the young birds had left it. 



Kaupifalco monogrammicns. 



The specimens in my collection shew little or no trace of 

 the black bands on the primaries. From an examination of 



