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SOMALILAND 
Cape Scops Owl {Scops capensis). 
Daboye. 
Size small ; colour dark mottled gray with black cross-lines ; ear-tufts 
distinct ; under parts paler, more white on abdomen than on breast ; 
iris yellow ; feet gray. Length 7*5 inches. 
ACCIPITEES (Birds of Prey). 
African Falconet {Poliohiemx semitorquatus). 
Sogsoda. 
Upper parts blue-gray ; behind neck and upper tail-coverts white ; legs 
orange ; bill yellow ; iris brown. Length 7^ inches. 
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Kestrel {Cerclmeis fieldi). 
Upper parts light rufous ; head and nape streaked with narrow black lines ; 
primaries black edged with light buff; tail ash gray ; bill pale blue. 
Length 12*50 inches. 
Eastern Red-footed Kestrel (Cerchneis tlnnunculus). 
Length 9^ inches. Above lead- coloured ; wing-coverts and primaries gray ; 
under parts gray ; thigh, vent, and under tail-coverts chestnut ; iris light 
yellow. 
The Short-legged Kestrel [Butorides brevipes). 
Berbera. 
The Lesser Falcon {Falco minor). 
Sinnadogho, Marehan country. 
Size of a hen harrier ; eye brown ; base of beak and round eye brown ; legs 
bright lemon yellow ; head and back of wings dark brown ; back slate 
gray ; breast buff, barred with dark brown ; huge talons and black claws. 
Naked-cheeked Hawk (Polyhowides typkus). 
Sheik Mohamed. 
Throat and neck dark gray ; rest of under parts marked with broad black 
and white bands ; head crested ; tail black with narrow white tip, and 
above a broad white band. Length : Male, 2 feet ; female, 2 feet 
34 inches. 
Pallid Harrier {Circus macrurus). 
Gedais. 
Pale blue-gray ; lores and sides of face white ; under parts gray-white ; bill 
black ; feet yellow ; iris yellow. Length 174 inches. Female brown ; 
iris dark brown. 
Chanting Goshawk {Melierax poliopterus). 
Sheik. 
Upper parts and breast gray ; belly white and brown ; rump white ; tail 
tipped and barred with white ; cere and legs red ; iris brown. Length 
24 inches. 
