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Mr. B. Alexander— An Ornithological 
Adult £ . Total length (measured in the flesh) 10'5 inches, 
wing 8. Iris orange. 
Adult ? . Total length (measured in the flesh) 10 34 inches, 
wing 7*5. Iris orange. 
188. ScOTOPELIA PELI Bp. 
Bare. Observed only on three occasions. Thick deciduous 
trees in the vicinity of the river were the daytime-retreat 
of this Owl. Our specimen belongs to the pale race. 
Adult $ (near Zumbo). Culmen 2‘3 inches, wing 18‘4, 
tail 10*8, tarsus 2*9. Iris dark brown ; bill dark bluish horn- 
colour ; legs and feet whitish flesh-colour. 
189. Falco ruficollis Swains. 
These birds were very numerous at Chicowa, haunting 
the great stretches of the old marpela-fields, where locusts 
formed their principal food. 
Adult S (Chicowa, Sept. 3, 1898). Total length (measured 
in the flesh) 10*9 inches, wing 8*2. 
Immature $ (Chicowa, Jan. 24, 1899). Crown of head 
and a conspicuous nuchal patch blackish, the feathers edged 
with chestnut; feathers below the eye, moustache, and eye¬ 
brow black; forehead, as well as the sides of the face, neck, 
and throat, creamy white; hind-neck pale chestnut; remainder 
of upper parts as in the adult, but interscapulary region 
greyish black, feathers margined with rufous, also those of 
the least and greater wing-coverts, mantle and rump; ends 
of primaries and secondaries conspicuously edged with white. 
Under surface creamy buff, becoming stronger on the belly 
and thighs ; feathers of the chest with dark rufous shafts; 
remainder of underparts irregularly barred with blackish 
brown. 
190. Falco subbuteo Linn. 
An immature male on Jan. 10, 1899. 
191. Falco dickinsoni Sclater. 
Three adult specimens of this rare species were obtained 
near Tete at the end of August. 
Adult. Total length (measured in the flesh) 11*85 inches, 
