131 
from the colony of Natal. 
specimens of Circaetus zonurus from Bissao, preserved in the 
Norwich Museum, and referred to in the foot-note already 
quoted, one agrees very accurately with Dr. Heuglhfis plate; 
but the other, though apparently not specifically distinct, differs 
in colour,—the throat and chest being white, the abdomen and 
thighs whitish brown, with no appearance of transverse bars, 
and the tail also of a pale dingy brown, showing no trace of the 
transverse bar across the middle, but only of that across the 
lower part. The plumage in this specimen is much faded and 
worn, apparently by the action of the sun and air. 
The Norwich Museum also contains two other Circaeti from 
Bissao, which appear to me to be examples of Circaetus gallicus , 
though they differ from any other specimens of that species 
which I have seen in having the whole of the under parts of a 
rusty-brown colour, resembling, in that respect, some of the im¬ 
mature specimens of Circaetus thoracicus .—J. H. G.] 
131. Falco peregrinijs, Linn. Peregrine Falcon. 
[Sent to Mr. Stevens by Mr. Gueinzius: no ticket attached; 
but apparently a female bird in nearly adult plumage. This is 
the only specimen of the true Peregrine Falcon which has come 
into my hands from any locality south of the Equator.—J. H. G.] 
132. Falco minor, Bp. Rev. de Zool. 1850, p. 484. South 
African Peregrinoid Falcon. 
[This specimen was also sent to Mr. Stevens by Mr. Gueinzius. 
The following ticket was attached to it:—“ $ . Irides dark.” 
The plumage of this specimen bears considerable resemblance 
to that of the Falco melanogenys , Gould, of Australia, especially 
in the narrowness of the spaces between the transverse abdo¬ 
minal bars. Its size is about that of the male Peregrine. As 
this Falcon is but little known to naturalists, I may, perhaps, 
be permitted to refer the readers of f The Ibis 9 to some interest¬ 
ing remarks respecting it, and especially as to the differences 
between this species and the small Falcon of North Africa 
[Falco tunetanus of Aldrovandus, F. peregrinoides of Temminck, 
PI. Col. 479, and F. harharus of Mr. Salvin, in f The Ibis/ 1859, 
pi. 6), which are contained in pp. 29 and 30 of the f Traite de 
Fauconnerie * by Professor Schlegel, who has there called this 
bird Falco communis minor. —J. H. G.] 
