^rss. 301 



Abyssinia, and the only specimen I preserved of this 

 Kite was kiUed on the highlands at Lake Ashangi. 

 Heuglin must be under some error in treating of this 

 as the only common Kite of North-eastern Africa. 

 Certainly so far as my specimens prove, M. ater was 

 more abundant in Abyssinia ; and unquestionably it was 

 the common species both at Zulla and Senafd, as I shot 

 several specimens at each locality. I take the first name 

 in Gmelin, and do not understand why the German orni- 

 thologists prefer the less well-known term M. Forskali. 



21. Circus aeruginosus, Linn. 



C. rufus, Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 45. — Heugl. Syst. Uebers. No. 72. 

 0. csruginosus, Heugl. Orn. N. 0. Afr. No. 68. 



Occasionally seen on the highlands. I never met with 

 it in the peculiar adult livery of the Indian race. 



22. C. Swainsoni, A. Smith. 



S. Af. Quart. Journ. i. ,384, 1830.— S. Af. Zool. plates 43, 44.— 



Heugl. Om. N. 0. Afr. No. 71. 

 0. pallidus, 8jk.es, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 80. 

 Strigiceps pallidus, Brehin, Habesoh, No. 17. 



23. C. cineraceus (Mont.). 



C. cinerascens, Heugl. Orn. N. 0. Afr. No. 70. 



Both these species abounded on the highlands in the 

 winter and spring. I shot a young male of C. cineraceus 

 on the 19th August close to the coast in Samhar, about 

 twenty-five miles north of Massowa. This is early for a 

 Harrier to be found so far south, but they migrate into 

 India sooner than most of the winter visitants. 



