AV£S. 297 



about 150 to 200 feet above the ground. I never saw- 

 it near the coast. 



i6. Buteo augur, Eiipp. 



Abyssinian white-breasted Lanner. Salt, App. p. xlii. 



Falco (Buteo) augur et hydrophilus, Riipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 38, 



t. 16, 17. 

 Buteo augur, Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 10. — Ferret et Gall. No. 11. 



— Brehm, Habesch, No. 6.— Heugl. Orn. N. 0. Afr. No. 59. 



Iris yellowish brown ; cere and legs yellow. 



This very handsome Buzzard appears to belong to the 

 temperate and subalpine fauna of Abyssinia. It is very 

 rarely met with below 6,000 to 7,000 feet, and I never 

 saw it on the Anseba or in the passes below Senafd. At 

 the higher elevations its numbers increase greatly, and it 

 abounds on the Wadela plateau at 10,500 feet. 



It is more often seen perched on the ground than on 

 trees, and rarely flies to any distance when disturbed. 

 A female shot at the end of February had the ovaries 

 greatly enlarged and was evidently breeding, but I did 

 not see the nest. It is by no means a wary bird. 



I am rather of opinion with Eiippell that the dark- 

 coloured birds are young and not a melanoid variety. 

 I shot two black specimens ; one evidently immature, the 

 other apparently a bird of the year. 



17. Gypogeranus serpentarius, Gm. 



Fako serpentarius, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. 250. 



Serpentarius reptUivorus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 49. — Des Murs 



p. 70. 

 S. typicus. Ferret et Gall. No. 16. 

 Gypogeranus s^penta/ri/us, Heugl. Om. N. 0. Afr. No. 49. 



Iris grey ; legs yellowish. 



