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252. Glaucidium perlatum (Vieill.) . 
Glaucidiuni perlatum Sharpe_, Cat. B. ii. p. 209 (1875) ; 
Reichen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 13 (Togoland) ; Hartert, Nov. 
Zool. vi. p. 408 (Gambaga). 
Ad. ^ . Total length (measured in the flesh) 7'^ inches, 
wing 4']/ tail 36. 
Ad. ?. Total length (measured in the flesh) 8*2 inches, 
wing 42, tail 3*5. 
253. Glaucidium albiventer. (Plate IX.) 
Glaucidium albiventer Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xii. p. 10. 
Similar to G. perlatum (Vieill.), but with the breast, abdo- 
men, and under tail-coverts pure white ; the feathers of the 
flanks with only a iew streaks of brownish black. Total 
length (measured in the flesh) 8*2 inches, wing 4*5, tail 3*5, 
tarsus 0*98. 
We obtained a single female specimen of this Owl out of 
a pair at Kwobia in May 1901. 
254. Bubo cinerascens Guerin. 
Bubo cinerascens Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 32 ; Reichen. J. f. O. 
1892, p. 234 (Togoland) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. p. 408 
(Gambaga) . 
Gambaga. 
Inhabits tree-grown kopjes in the open country. It is a 
scarce bird. ' 
255. Bubo lacteus Temm. 
Bubo lacteus Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 33 (1875). 
Kwobia. 
Our male specimen difi'ers from the female in being a 
little darker on the back and in having the chest-feathers 
much less vermiculated with white, contrasting with the 
lighter coloration and breast. 
256. Falco ruficollis Swains. 
Falco ruficollis Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 401'. 
Gambaga. 
257. TiNNUNCULUS ALOPEX HcUgl. 
Cerchneis alopex Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 432 ; Hartert, Nov. 
Zool. vi. p. 407 (Gambaga). 
Gambaga. 
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