ORNITHOL OGY. 303 



[This pretty little Goshawk is rare in South Africa, but appears 

 to increase in numbers towards the Zambesi, whence I have seen a 

 series collected by Dr. Bradshaw.] 



Sub-family Buteonin^e. 



7. BuTEO JACKAL (Daud.) ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 26. Jackal-Buzzard. 

 a. <$ Newcastle, June 4, 1873. Iris pale golden hazel. 



Sub-family Aquiline. 



8. MlLVUS ^EGYPTIUS (Gm.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 49. Yellow-billed Kite. 



a. $ (testes well developed). Ramakwebani River, September 17, 

 1874. lr is bright hazel ; bill golden yellow, inclining to horn-colour 

 on upper and lower mandibles, but bright at the base and nostrils ; 

 legs golden yellow, somewhat dusky ; claws black. Lizards in 

 stomach ; very fat. 



b. $ Tati, October 1874. 



9. ELANUS OERULEUS (Desf.) ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 52. Black-shouldered 



Kite. 



a. $ (?) (imm.) Hex River, July 1873. Iris bright raw sienna. 

 Mouse or rat in stomach. 



b. [adult]. Not labelled. 



Sub-family Falconing. 



10. FALCO MINOR, Bp. ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 57. South African Pere- 



grine Falcon. 

 a. [adult]. Not labelled. 



11. FALCO biarmicus, Temra. ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 58, pi. ii. South 



African Lanner. 

 a. ct Newcastle, June 3, 1873. Iris very dark. Remains of 

 mouse or rat, and a great many grasshoppers' heads, in the stomach. 



12. Cerchneis RUPICOLA (Daud.); Sharpe, /. c. p. 62. South African 



Kestrel. 



a. ct Newcastle, June 3, 1873. Iris very dark. 



b. ? Newcastle, June 3, 1873. 



c. Not labelled. 



13. Cerchneis tinnunculoides (Terara.) Cerchneis Naumannii 



(Fleischer) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 64 (corrected in App. p. 800). 

 Lesser Kestrel. 

 a. 5 [adult]. Holfontein, November 25, 1873. Iris dark hazel. 



14. Cerchneis amurensis (Radde) ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 66. Eastern 



Red-footed Kestrel. 

 a. 9j [adult]. Between Sibanani and Tamasanka, December 9, 

 1874. Iris hazel ; skin round eye yellow ; skin at base of bill orange ; 



