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the clutch, so that I think it is safe to say that two is the 
number usually laid. They vary a good deal in size—from 
36-42*5 mm. long by 25-27 mm. broad. Only a few of them 
could be saved, as they nearly all had to be broken to get 
out the contents. The shells were very thick and hard. 
[Four eggs are of a rather long, pointed, oval shape, in¬ 
distinctly pitted and slightly glossy. They are uniform rich 
bulf, somewhat paler towards the poles.—O.-G.] 
453 a. Kaupifalco monogrammicus. [Viol-Obam.] 
Sharpe, Ibis, 1905, p. 465. 
$ S ad. Bitye, Feb. 3 & 6, 1908. 
^ ad. Akok, 35 miles from Kribi, April 12, 1908. 
The stomach of the last specimen contained a few bones, 
apparently of a small rodent, and the tail only, recently 
swallowed, of a skink. The tail had evidently been all that the 
Hawk had secured of the lizard. In the stomachs of the 
others were a variety of things—the foot of a skink, scales of 
a snake (not of a lizard), and remains of a small rodent. 
499. Milvus ^gyptius. [Obam.] 
Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 103. 
Kites are abundant on the Ja, but are seen only during 
the months from November to April inclusive. They appear 
and disappear, not suddenly, but gradually, and stray indi¬ 
viduals may be seen in October, or even September, before 
the others come, or in May, after the others have gone away. 
Their coming and going are not timed in accordance with 
any change in the seasons here, for their arrival is in the 
midst of the second rainy season, and their departure is in the 
midst of the first rainy season. Their movements must be 
timed according to changes in the seasons in the country 
from which they come, and their presence in Southern 
Kamerun seems to coincide with the dry and wintry season 
in Northern Kamerun and Northern Nigeria. 
I have seen no indication that Kites breed at the Ja, and 
think the statement made in my former note that they do 
so, which I got from the natives (‘ Ibis,’ 1904, p. 602), was 
a mistake. They must have seen the nests of some other 
bird of prey, such as Polyhoroides. 
