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Mr. Ogilvte-Grant also sent a description of a new 

 species of Scops-Owl fi'om Aslianti : — 



Scops spurrellt, sp. n. 



Adult. Most nearly allied to S. holerythra, Sliarpe, from 

 Cameroon, but very much smaller and darker, the general 

 colour above being of a warm brown (almost pinkish- brown 

 on the wings), instead of chestnut. The feathers of the 

 crown marked with small irregularly shaped whitish spots, 

 edged with black and arranged in a row along the shafts. 

 Upperparts very similarly marked, but with the spots 

 larger and more distinct. Underparts pale dull rufous with 

 white shaft-spots, emphasized by short black shaft-streaks. 



Total length ca. 195 mm. ; wing 123 ; tail 65 ; tarsus 22. 



Hab. Ashanti. 



Type in the British Museum. Adult. Bibianaha, 60 miles 

 west of Kumasi. Presented by Dr. H. Gr. F. Spurrell. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant likewise sent for exhibition examples 

 of some rare Francolins from North-east Africa, viz. : — 



1. Francolinus castaneicollis, Salvad. — Ranging from Addis 

 Abeba eastwards to the Goolis Mts. and southwards to 

 Arussi. 



2. Fi-ancolinus bottegi, Salvad. — Eanging from Lake Abase, 

 southwards through Djamdjam to Badditu, east of Lake 

 Stephanie. 



3. Francolinus g of anus, Neumann. — Ranging from Djimma 

 southwards to Gofa. 



It had been generally supposed, even by Count Salvadori 

 himself, that F. castaneicollis and F. bottegi were synonymous, 

 the former being the female and the latter the male of the 

 same species ; but this was not really the case. Count 

 Salvadori had kindly forwarded for examination the type 

 specimen of F. bottegi from Badditu, a very old male bird 

 in worn plumage ; also a second adult male (likewise 

 identified as F. bottegi) from Arussi. The latter was, 

 however, undoubtedly the male of F. castaneicollis, the type 

 of which, a female, was obtained at Lake Chercher. The 



