12 BIRDS OF DAMAliA LAND. 



16. Buteo desertorum (Daud.). Desert Buzzard. 



Falco cirtmsis, Levaillant jeune, in Expl. de FAlg^rie, Ots. pi. 3. 

 Falco tachardus, Bree's Birds of Europe, vol. i. p. 97 (pi.). 

 Sideo desevtorum, Layard's Oat. No. 9. 



This species is not uncommon in Ondonga, but it is 

 very wary ; the stomach of a female shot by my servant 

 contained two fully fledged Doves {Turtur senegalensis) ; 

 this specimen was excessively fat. 



Measurements of a female : — 



in. lin. 



Entire length 19 5 



Length of wings when folded . . . 14 2 



„ tarsus ... ... 3 



,, middle toe 17 



„ tail 8 3 



„ bill 17 



[TTie only difference which I can detect between the South 

 African and the northern races of this Buzzard is, that in the 

 southern race immature specimens usually have more white 

 mingled with the brown plumage of the abdomen than occurs 

 in young birds from more northern localities ; but this does not 

 seem to me to be an adequate ground for specific distinction^ 

 and I therefore consider Daudin's specific name cited above to 

 be applicable to the northern as well as to the southern examples 

 of this species. — Ed. J 



17. Falco minor, Bon. South- African Peregrinoid Falcon. 

 Falco minor, Layard's Cat. No. 25. 



I never observed but one individual of this Falcon, a 

 young female, which I obtained at Objinere, about two 

 days journey from Objimbinque. 



[Mr. Andersson's last collection contained an adult male of 

 this species, obtained in Ondonga on 30th January, 1867, which 



