during a journey to the Matahili Country. 361 
Common through Natal and the Transvaai. In flight and 
habits it resembles the common Kestrel. 
Tinnunculus tinnunculoides (Temm.). 
Cerchneis naumanni, Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 435* *. 
$. Limpopo, November 14, 1873. 
Beak horn-colour; legs dark yellow ; iris dark hazel. 
Carine perlata (Vieill.). 
Athene perlat a, Gurn. And. B. Damara Land, p. 37. 
Athene licua , Licht.; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 38. 
6 . Tatti, Matabili-land, September 1st, 1873. 
Common from the north of Pretoria into the Matabili 
country. Their flight resembles that of a Woodpecker. 
Otus capensis (Smith); Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 43. 
a, 6 . Natal, May 25th, 1873. 
b , $ . Transvaal, June 8th, 1873. 
Beak black ; iris dark hazel. 
Quite the commonest Owl in Natal and the Transvaal. 
Like our own Short-eared Owl, this species, when disturbed 
during the daytime, flies well; but it is not until just about 
dark that it comes forth of its own accord. Almost any even¬ 
ing it might be seen hunting over ground intersected by a 
“ spruit ; ” this it seems to prefer marshy ground. I never 
heard it utter any cry. Its flight resembles that of the 
common Short-eared Owl. This species was not observed 
north of Pretoria. 
nseus’s specific name of the Kestrel for the genus, there can he no doubt 
the generic name Tinnunculus should he applied to the Kestrels with T. 
sparverius as the type.— Ed.] 
* [Mr. Sharpe’s sole authority for employing this name rests on a foot¬ 
note in Naumann’s Naturg. der Vog. Deutschl. i. p. 318, where we find 
it said u Cenchris. Emerillon roux. Der kleinste rothe Falke. Frisch 
Vogel, t. 89. = Sylvan, v. Laurop und Fischer, Jahrg. 1818. S. unter dem 
Nahmen Falco Naumanni v. G. Fleischer.” From this it would appear 
that not even Naumann himself had consulted this obscure periodical. 
Temminck’s name tinnunculoides (1820) is the oldest certainly appli¬ 
cable to the Lesser Kestrel. Those who cannot bring themselves to use 
this word in connexion with the generic name Tinnunculus can take 
Naumann’s title Cenchris. —Ed.]. 
