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chased by crows {Corvus scajiulatus), and succeeded in 

 shooting one. It has a remarkably pale head, whitish 

 isabelline with dusky streaks, is dusky brown above, 

 and dusky with broad pale edges to the feathers beneath, 

 darker on the body and lighter on the head than in 

 Schlegel's figure. The wing measures 14 inches, tail 

 nearly 8. 



I saw a very similar specimen at Lahej, near Aden, 

 which was shot by a friend. Persian and Afghan 

 specimens. Dr. Jerdon informs me, have darker heads. 



7. F. (Tinnunculus) tinnunculus, Linn. 



Ferret et GaU. No. 6.— HeugL Om. N. 0. Afr. No. 21. 

 Tinnunculus alaudarius, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 27. 

 Lefebvre, p. 68. 



Common both in the highlands and lowlands in the 

 winter and spring. The bird abounded on the former as 

 late as April. None were observed in the Anseba valley 

 in July and August. 



A very dark-coloured female from Adigrat shot on the 

 23d April is, Mr. Gurney informs me, similar to the race 

 inhabiting Madeira. Von Heuglin states that the birds 

 which breed in Northern Africa are more deeply coloured 

 than those which migrate. 



8. F. (Tinnunculus) cenchris, Naum. 



Heugl. Orn. N. 0. Afr. No. 23. 



Tinnunculus cenchris, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 28. 



Not rare on the Abyssinian highlands. 



