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extent ; the female 4 ft. in length and 9|^ in. in extent 

 (Jerdon, "Birds of India," p. 14). 



Bruce's account of the Abyssinian bird is very amusing. 

 He records a singular act, the seizure of some goat's 

 flesh -from his servants by a Lammergeyer. 



ig. Milvus migrans, Bodd. 



M. ater, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 37, partim. — Ferret et Gallinier. 



No. 13.— Lefebvre, p. 69. 

 M. CBtoKus (!) Heugl. Orn. N. 0. Afr. No. 64. 



Extremely common everywhere, both on the highlands 

 and lowlands. As I brought several specimens with 

 me from various localities, I have certainly not mistaken 

 M. cegyptius for this bird. Von Heuglin is decidedly in 

 error in supposing it to be only a winter visitant in 

 North-eastern Africa. He appears to doubt its occurrence 

 in Abyssinia. A similar circumstance occurred to me to 

 that quoted in the Zoological portion of Lefebvre's "Voyage 

 en Abyssinie." I was skinning a specimen of Scopus 

 umbretta at Lat when a Kite swooped and attempted to 

 carry it off, scoring my fingers in the attempt. 



20. M. segyptius, Gm. 



Faleo cegyptius, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. 261. 



F. Forskahlii, Ibid. p. 263. 



i*". pa/rasiticus, Latham. 



? Milvus ater, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 37, partim. 



M. parasiticus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. No. 60. — Brehm, Habesch, 



No. 14. 

 M. Forskali, Heugl. Orn. N. O. Afr. No. 65. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs yellow. 



This appeared to me much less common than the 

 preceding. I did not distinguish the two when in 



