AVES. 303 



Antalo, and on going to the spot I was fortunate 

 enough to secure one, as both flew at the sound of 

 shot fired at a Hyrax. The skin is that of a female, 

 and measures, whole length 18f in., wing 13^, tail 7, 

 tarsus 23-. 



Both Mr. J. H. Gurney and Mons. Jules Verreaux 

 consider the present species quite distinct from Bubo 

 maculosus of South Africa. Mr. Gurney informs me that 

 he has seen both species alive, and that the distinction is 

 generic. 



26. Athene perlata, Vieill. 



A. pusilla, Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 51. — Feiret et Gall. No. 20. 

 A. occipitalis, et pusilla, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. No. 81 and 82. 

 Noctua perlata, Heugl. Orn. N. 0. Afr. No. 85. 



Iris yeUow. 



This little Owl was first seen and a specimen 

 shot at Mayen in the Senaf^ pass, at about 3,500 

 feet. It was not rare on the Anseba, I only saw it 

 amongst trees. It is somewhat diurnal in its habits, and 

 is not unfrequently seen flying from tree to tree in the 

 evening, some time before sunset. In the stomach of one 

 specimen I found remains of lizards. 



27. Scops senegalensis, SwainsoD. 



Birds W. Air. i. 127. 



Scops xorca africana, Heugl. Om. N. 0. Afr. No. 82a. 



Occasionally heard and seen in the Anseba valley. I 

 found coleoptera in the stomach. 



