Birds from the White Nile. 439 
pt. ii. p. QQ\ (1901)] places the latter under the genus Asio ; 
though Dr. Sharpe has carefully pointed out that the bird is 
a true Bubo, as is shewn by the shape of the oral orifice. 
107. Strix flammea. 
Strix flmmnea Linn. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 291 
(1875) ; Witherby, p. 268. 
Strix flammea maculata Brehm; N. C. Boths. & Wollast. 
p. 26. 
a. ^ . Kaka, 24th April. No. 406. 
b. S . Goz-Abu-Gumar, 16th May. No. 480. 
Iris dark hazel ; bill flesh- or horn-coloured. 
[The Barn-Owl was not at all common. I saw only four 
birds in all. . They were wild and difficult to get near. — 
B. M. H.] 
108. *S£RPENTARIUS SECRETARIUS. 
Serpentarius secretarius (Scop.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. i. p. 45(1874). 
[The Secretary-Bird was very rare, and I saw only three, 
one near Kaka and two near Benk. It was very wild and 
would not let me get within 300 yards of it. It soared to a 
great height. — B. M. H.] 
109. ^Gyps rueppelli. 
Gyps rueppelli (Brehm) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 9 
(1874) ; Witherby, p. 270; N. C. Boths. & Wollast. p. 28. 
[This large Vulture was common along the river south of 
Goz-Abu-Gumar. It always appeared when any large game 
was killed. The Black-and- White Crow was the first bird 
to arrive at such times, and was followed by Kites, Neophron 
monachuSj Gyps rueppelli, and Otogyps auricularis, in order, 
while the Marabou Stork brought up the rear.] 
110. ^Otogyps auricularis. 
Otogyps auricularis (Daud.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
i. p. 13 (1874). 
[This Vulture was fairly common south of Jebel Ahmed- 
Agha. It was much shyer than the other Vultures and not 
so numerous as G. rueppdli, — B. M. H.] 
