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Mr. B. Alexander —An Ornithological 
of upper mandible and soft parts round eye bluish flesh- 
colour ; iris hazel; legs and feet flesh-colour. 
Adult $ (Chicowa). Total length (measured in the flesh) 
5*5 inches, wing 3*5, culmen 006, tarsus 0*05. Soft parts 
as in male. 
The female differs from the male in having the head and 
throat slightly paler in coloration. 
Hah. Upper Shire and Zambesi rivers. 
183. Asio capensis (Smith). 
Only once met with, among long grass near Senna. 
Previously Sir John Kirk obtained a specimen at Shupanga. 
Adult A- Total length (measured in flesh) 15 inches, 
wing 11 *6. Iris brown. 
184. Syrnium woodfordi (Smith). 
An adult female, obtained out of a pair in thick wood 
beyond Zumbo. 
Adult $ (Dec. 23, 1898). Total length (measured in the 
flesh) 14*5 inches, wing 10*4. Iris black ; bill yellowish 
horn-colour; feet yellow. 
185. Glaucidium perlatum (Vieill.). 
Fairly common, and found in pairs frequenting hilly 
country overgrown with Copaifera mopane. They seem quite 
as much alert during the daytime as in the dusk. We used 
frequently to come across pairs sitting close together on a 
branch of some leafless tree, with eyes wide open, in the broad 
sunlight. 
We procured four specimens, three of which, obtained in 
the middle of October, had the sexual organs in breeding 
condition : the fourth specimen, killed on Nov. 22, is an 
immature bird; the mantle is considerably darker than in 
our adults and is far less spotted; the under wing-coverts 
and feathers of the thighs are rufous, the chin and throat 
also being washed with the same colour. These parts in 
the adults are white. 
Adult S • Total length (measured in the flesh) 7*2 inches, 
wing 4. Iris yellow ; bill yellowish horn-colour. 
