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the Transvaal, on the 8th of June, 1873, in a marsh, among some long reeds. 

 As yet it has not been recorded from the Zambesi, nor have Andersson or 

 Anchieta met with the species in South-western Africa ; but a specimen was^ 

 collected by the late Dr. Welwitsch at Golungo Alto, in Angola (cf, Souza, 

 Cat. Accipitr. Lisb. Mus. p. 55). 



*Strix thomensis. 



This species is confined to the Island of S. Thomas, in Western Africa. 

 I have never seen the bird ; but it is considered to be a good species by 

 Professor Barboza du Bocage, who has one in the Lisbon Museum (cf, Souza^ 

 Cat. p. 55). 



^ l^Note, — As respects the genus Strix, cf. Mr. Sharpens paper on the determination of Strix 

 flammea as the type of the genus (Ibis^ 1875_, p. 324), and also an essay in ^The Ibis/ 3rd ser. vol. vi. 

 Jan. 1876, pp. 94 et seq,, ^^On the Assignation of a Type to Linnsean Genera, with especial reference 

 to the Genns Strix," by Alfred Newton, M.A., F.R.S., &c. — Editor of O. M.] 



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