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Long. tot. Al. Caud. Culm. Tars. Dig. med. 
c. 15" LQ! gl! 6! 6! gil ggur 18!" 
— 11 3 6 2 9 20 19 ad. Niger. 
= ll 7 5 9 9 21 24 2. Damaraland. 
_ ll 6 5 9 9 22 24 2. Cape. F. minor, Schlegel. 
The old F. barbarus, of which I give the above measurements, I got in a collection of 
birds from Mr. Stevens marked “ Niger” (Baikie), which, by the by, is a new locality 
for the species. 
The young bird described above agrees very well with two young ones of F. minor, 
Schleg., from South Africa (one in the Bremen Museum, the other collected by 
Andersson in Damaraland); but the latter specimens have the secondaries with rufous 
cross bands which are also visible (but not so strongly) on the outer web, and are 
further distinguished by the considerably longer toes and shorter tail. As Professor 
Schlegel suggests, /. minor is restricted in its geographical range to Southern Africa. 
F. tanypterus, Licht., of which I examined several specimens, differs in its larger size and 
in having the cere and legs always yellow, even in the young birds, as Professor Schlegel 
observes. In that species also the quills do not reach to the tip of the tail—0O. F. 
[Iris brown; cere dark horn-colour; beak, base light, tip dark horn-colour; legs and 
feet greenish yellow. The only specimen procured by me.—W. J.] 
12. TINNUNCULUS ALAUDARIUS, Briss. 
Tinnunculus alaudarius, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 11. no. 27. 
Falco tinnunculus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 50. 
Tinnunculus tinnunculus, Heugl. Fauna d. Roth. Meer. no, 14. 
a. 3. Zoulla. March 12 (no. 128). 
6b. 2. Zoulla. February. 
ce. 2. Ain. July 7 (no. 1910). 
d. 2. Goon Goona, May 2 (no. 1220). 
e. d. Senafé. May 24. 
[Iris dark brown; legs and feet gamboge-yellow. 
This species I found widely diffused, obtaining specimens from Zoulla, Senafé, Goon- 
goona, on the line of march with the troops, and Ain on the river Lebka; I also saw it 
on the Anseba in Bogos.—W. J.] 
13. Nisus BaDius (Gmel.). 
Nisus sphenurus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 11. no. 41, t. 2; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 66. 
Micronisus guttatus, Heugl. Journ. f. Orn. 1861, p. 480. 
M. sphenurus, Brehm, Habesch, p. 207. no. 16. 
N. badius, Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 81. no. 28. 
a. 9. Ain. August 7 (no. 62). 
&, g. Ain. August 17 (no. 48). 
VOL. Vil.—PaRTt Iv. May, 1870. 2¢ 
