319 
from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia . 
a. $. Chelunco, Abyssinia, 4 January, 1899. (No. 105.) 
Iris brown ; bill red; legs dark brown. 
224. Bubo lacteus. 
Bubo lacteus (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. 
p. 33 (1875) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 503. 
a. ?. Arriro, Abyssinia, 18 February, 1899. (No. 337.) 
Iris brown ; bill pale blue. 
[Seen in the Gedda Valley, but not observed elsewhere. 
A similar but mueh larger species of the <e Eagle Owl ” kind 
(probably Bubo cinerascens Guer.) was observed at Lake 
Chercher; though stalked with some care, such was its sharp¬ 
sightedness that it was impossible to get even within rifle¬ 
shot after it had once been alarmed.—L.] 
225. Glaucidium perlatum. 
Glaucidium perlatum (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
ii. p. 209 (1875); id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 504; Hawker, Ibis, 
1899, p. 77. 
a. S • Kassim river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. (No* 
227.) 
b. $ . Roseires, Blue Nile, 20 May, 1899. (No. 520.) 
[This Owl was observed only on the lower plains. It 
appears to be little troubled by daylight, and the one shot 
at Kassim at midday had just caught and killed a grass- 
snake.—L.] 
226. Melierax polyzonus. 
Melierax polyzonus (Rupp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
i. p. 88 (1874). 
a. S • Burka, Abyssinia, 7 January, 1899. (No. 137.) 
Bill black; cere orange-red ; legs orange-red. 
[Met with everywhere throughout our journey.—L.] 
227. Melierax gabar. 
Melierax gabar (Daud.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 
p. 89 (1874) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 506; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, 
p. 77. 
a. d . Blue Nile, 15 May, 1899. (No. 509.) 
Iris brown ; bill black, orange at the base ; legs orange. 
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