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6. Falco subbuteo (L.); Sharpe, t. c. p. 395 ; Blanf. t. c. 
p. 105. 
No. 98. An adult male and female and a young male. 
[Winter visitant.] 
7. Scops giu (L.); Sharpe, op, cit. ii. p. 47; Blanf. t. c, 
p. 115. 
[Only three specimens shot, October 10, 1883, April 22, 
1884, and one in October of the same year. Did not observe 
any others.] 
8. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.); Sharpe, t, c. p. 234. 
Otus brachyotus, Blanf. t. c. p. 116. 
No. 39. An adult male and an immature male and female. 
[Only three specimens secured, all in your possession. 
The male in good plumage was shot on the morning of 
the 12th March; he rose from some lucerne whilst I was after 
Quail. 
The two others were shot, one on the evening of the 17th, 
and the other on the morning of the 19th of September, about 
the same locality.] 
9. Strix plammea, L.; Sharpe, t. c. p. 291. 
[The only specimen, shot in February 1885.] 
10. Corvus capellanus, Scl.; Sharpe, op. cit. iii. p. 32. 
Mr. Cumming sends the nest and eggs of this Crow. 
[Resident. Breeding from the 15th of February to the 
end of March.] 
11. Oriolus galbula, L.; Sharpe, t. c. p. 191; Blanf. t. c. 
p. 219. 
No. 91. Two specimens. 
[Migratory. Passing north-westwards in May and June, 
and returning in September accompanied by young birds, 
when they stay for some days.] 
12. Hypocolius ampelinus, Bp.; Sharpe, t. c. p. 316. 
Up to the present time very little is known of this rare and 
curious bird. A few specimens have been recorded from N.E. 
Africa, and it appears to extend at least as far as the Niam- 
