45 [Vol. xliii. 



Lord Rothschild described a new subspecies of African 

 Flycatcher as follows : — 



Empidornis semipartitus orleansi, subsp. nov. 



Intermediate in size between E. semipartitus semipartitus 

 from Abyssinia and E. s. kavi7'ondensis, with which it agrees 

 in the generally darker throat and chest. Wings 92-95 mm. 

 Wings of JE. s. semipartitus 85-89 mm., of JH. s. kaviron- 

 densis 96-101 mm. Tails of E. s. orleansi about 84-85 mm., 

 of E. s. semipartitus 76-80 mm., of E. s. kavirondensis 

 85-92 mm. 



Hah. Upper Nile: Rejaf (^Duc d'' Orleans), Gondokoro 

 (Z/. M. S etli- Smith) , Nimule {R. Grauer, L. M. Seth-Smitlt). 



Type. $ ad., Rejaf, 20. ii. 1922, Due d'Orleans coll. In 

 the Trinjj Museum. 



Named in honour of the Due d'Orleans. 



Lord Rothschild also exhibited two very rare Owls from 

 South Abyssinia, Buho capensis dilloni Prev. & De Murs and 

 Asio ahyssinicus Guer. The Asio was the third specimen to 

 reach Great Britain. These two birds had been subject to a 

 great amount of nomenclatorial confusion. The Asio has 

 been called Bubo ahyssinicus, which name Dr. Bowdler Sharpe 

 afterwards quite wrongly applied to the red phase of Bid)o 

 africanus cinerascens Guer. Dr. Reichenow placed the name 

 dilloni as a synonym of Buho maculosus cinerascens ■= africanus 

 cinerascens, and declared that B. capensis did not occur in 

 Abyssinia. He further identified the true capensis dilloni as 

 Bid)o ascalaplius Sav. All this was finally cleared up by 

 Prof. Oscar Neumann, who also shot the example of Asia 

 ahyssinicus now exhibited. 



Lord Rothschild further exhibited an example (one of 

 three), collected in Abyssinia by Mr. Kovacs, of Asio 

 capensis (Smith). This was the most northern occurrence of 

 the typical race, as the bird found in Algeria, Morocco, and 

 South Spain was a distinct local race. As the two birds 



-V 



