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examine it. The natives assured me that the bird frequently 
breeds on palms round Chartum. 
The other species of Asturince found in North-Eastern Africa 
are:— 
1. Astur palumbarius, L. 
“ Single, in Egypt/' Rupp. Probably in winter only. 
2. Astur melanoleucus, Smith. Eazogloa, Paul von Wiir- 
temb. 
3. Micronisus monogrammicus (Temm.). 
Rare, in dense bushes in Western Abyssinia (Galabat), in 
Eazogloa, and along the Bahr el Abiad. This species is very shy, 
appears to migrate, and to breed in the month of May. The 
iris is very large and brown. 
4. Micronisus gabar (Daud.). Var. nilotica, Sundev. 
The most northern point of its occurrence on the Nile is, 
according to my observations, in Middle Nubia, in the provinces 
of Dar-Mahas and Dar-Sukot. It is very frequent in Southern 
Nubia, somewhat rarer in Kordofan, Abyssinia, Sennaar, on the 
Bahr el Abiad and Bahr el Azrak. Lichtenstein, as long ago 
as in his Doubletten-Verzeichniss/ pointed out the differences 
between the eastern and western varieties :— ce Specimina e Nubia 
,et Africa australi Nisum magnitudine super ant: mas 14", foem. 
/</r 15 ■J" longa. Senegalensia autem multo minora : mas 10", foem. 
ll"longa; sed vix specie diversa.” Conf. Sundev. Oefvers. 1850, 
p. 132. 
5. Micronisus niger (Vieill.). 
Always met with singly in Western Abyssinia, Sennaar, and 
Kordofan. The most northern point at which I have found this 
species is Dabbeh, on the frontier between Dar-Dongola and 
Dar-Schaikieh. I doubt not that it is a good species, different 
from the preceding. Iris and feet pale yellow. 
6. Accipiter sphenurus (Rupp.). 
Rare in Kolia (Western Abyssinia) and on the Blue Nile; pro¬ 
bably in Southern Kordofan. The bird described* by Strickland 
as a variety of this species probably belongs to A. minullus. A 
* Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 215. 
