302 ZOOLOGY. 



Family STKIGID^. 



24. Bubo lacteus, Temm. 



Sitrvx, lactea, Temm. PI. col. 4. 



Bubo ladms, Kupp. Syst. Uebers. No. 53.— Heugl. Om. N. 0. Afr. 



No. 79. 

 B. cineraseens, Brehm, Habesch, No. 19. 



Iris pale brown ; beak, cere, and feet very pale horn- 

 colour, almost whitisb ; claws rather darker. 



This bird I did not meet with on the highlands. A 

 specimen was shot by Captain Sturt, in the pass below 

 Senaf^, and I obtained two in the Anseba valley and saw 

 others. They perch on high trees during the day, and 

 come out at dusk. 



Despite their large size, these Owls are very insecti- 

 vorous. In the stomachs of those kUled I found only 

 Crickets or Locusts and large larvee, apparently of cole- 

 optera. According to Von Heuglin (" Orn. N. 0. Afr." 

 p. 114), Bubo lacteus kills small mammals and birds 

 and even Guinea-fowls, which it attacks at night when 

 roosting on trees ! 



25. Bubo cineraseens, Gu(Sr, 



Gu^rin, Bev. Zool. 1843, p. 321. 



B. cineraceus, Ferret et Gall. Voyage iii. 181 ; Atlas, pi. 2. 

 Otus cineraceus, Lefeb. p. 74 ; Atlas, pi. iv. 



Bvio macuhsus (? Brehm, Habesch, No. 20). — Heugl. Om. N. 0. 

 Afr. No. 80. 



Iris brown. 



I only once met with this bird. Lieutenant St. John 

 noticed that a pair of Owls inhabited a rocky cliflf near 



