Expedition to the Zambesi River. 
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Adult $ . Total length (measured in the flesh) 7 inches 
wing 4*2. Coloration of soft parts as in male. 
The specimens in our series differ little in plumage, with 
the exception of the number of white spots on the tail- 
feathers, which in some specimens number five, in others 
four. 
186. Glaucidium capense (Smith). 
Scarce. Our four specimens were obtained between Tete 
and Chishomba. These are very fresh in plumage, and agree 
with specimens in the British Museum from the Upper 
Shire river. In our specimens the crown and nape are a 
light brown beautifully barred with white, forming, as it 
were, a distinct hood, contrasting strongly with the mantle ; 
the terminal spots to the feathers of the belly and flanks are 
a rich brown. The type of this species in the British M useum 
(Sir A. Smith) is distinctly more rufous and darker in 
general coloration than our specimens, and the bars on 
the tail (14, including the terminal one) are very narrow. 
This is without doubt an immature bird. In our specimens 
the bars on the tail-feathers vary in number inter se. 
Consequently this point cannot be looked upon as of any 
specific value. 
Adult S (Aug. 19, 1898). Wing 5*4 inches, tail 3*3. Iris 
yellow; bill yellowish horn-colour; 12 bars (0 01 in thickness) 
on tail, including terminal one. 
Adult $ (Aug. 20, 1898). 14 bars (0*01 in thickness) on 
tail, including terminal one. 
Adult S' (Oct. 17, 1898). 13 bars (0 01 in thickness) on 
tail, including terminal one, the three lowest bars becoming 
white. 
Adult $ (Oct. 17, 1898). Wing 5*6 inches, tail 3*5. Soft 
parts as in male; 14 bars (0*01 in thickness) on tail, in¬ 
cluding terminal one, the six lowest bars becoming white. 
187. Scops leucotis (Temm.). 
Three specimens obtained at Chicowa : a pair and a 
young bird with the feathers emerging from the down. 
(Sept. 21, 1898.) 
