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Dr. Heuglin on new or little-known Birds 
Typical specimens have been sent to the collections of Berlin, 
Frankfort, Stuttgardt, Vienna, and to that of Pastor Brehm. The 
other species of Tinnunculus observed by me in North-Eastern 
Africa are the following :— 
1. Tinnunculus cenchris (Naum.). 
Very common during the spring in Lower Egypt, especially 
round Alexandria, breeding in the walls of the citadel. I shot 
it in the month of May near Cairo, # and met with single speci¬ 
mens on the Nile, through the whole of Egypt and Nubia. We 
shot one specimen in the month of April (1853) in Galabat, on 
the western frontier of Abyssinia. Ruppell appears to have 
found it also in Eastern and Central Abyssinia. 
2. Tinnunculus alaudarius, Briss. (71 rufescens, Sw. ?) 
This is a stationary bird in Egypt, Arabia, and Nubia, and ' 
single specimens occur in Abyssinia, Kordofan, Sennaar, &c. 
It breeds as early as the month of March, in numerous pairs, 
near the Pyramids, in the tombs of Sagara, &c. 
3. Tinnunculus rupicola, Daud. 
I have not found it; but Biippell says that it is frequent in 
the whole of North-Eastern Africa (Syst. Uebers. p. 11. no. 33). 
4. Tinnunculus yespertinus (Linn.). 
Often seen in numerous flocks, in every sort of plumage, in 
autumn and spring in Lower Egypt, near ditches, fences, and 
bushes. Single specimens occur in Upper Egypt, Nubia, and 
Sennaar. It does not regularly make its appearance, and some¬ 
times several years pass without a single specimen being met 
with. 
IV. Melierax metabates, sp. nov. 
M. Melieraci polyzono affinis sed paulo minor, et differt pedibus 
et rostro robustioribus, illis flavis ; colore tergsei obscuriore; 
plumis axillaribus dorso concoloribus, pogoniis externis 
rectricis primse sexties aut septies fasciatis: rectricum late- 
ralium apicibus albis multo angustioribus; regionibus 
mystacali, ophthalmica et parotica vertice concoloribus : 
long, tota (maris adulti) vix 15*0, rostri a fronte 1*25, ab 
angulo oris 1*3, alt. rostri 8*5, alse 12*0, caudse 7*5, digiti 
medii cum ungue 2*4, hall, cum ungue 1 *7, tarsi 3*2 poll, et 
lin. Gall.: ceromate et iridibus pallide flavis. 
Hab. In reg. Nili albi sup. 
