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Show 1895.] FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 505 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 75 (1884), vi. p. 204 (1888); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 85 (1894). «. 2 ad- Sheik Mahomed, Oct. 28, 1894. Iris dark brown ; face cream-colour mottled with orange ; base of bill white ; legs pale yellow. Heuglin found the present species resident in Shoa, Fazogl, Senar, Kordofan, and in the country of the White Nile and its tributaries. It is everywhere rare, and was only observed singly, in June on the Blue Nile, in September and October in Kordofan and on the Lower White Nile, in May in the Dinka and Djur countries in the Gazelle River district. Brebm met with it in August and September on the Blue Nile ; Ruppell obtained an example iu Shoa, and specimens were also procured there both by Antinori and Ragazzi. Mr. Jackson does not appear to have met with the species on any of his journeys, but I have seen a very black immature specimen obtained by Mr. Scott Elliot on Ruwenzori. According to Dr. Reichenow, it has been found on Kilimanjaro, and in Usaramo and Walla, and at Kakoma. 140. CIRCUS MACRURUS. Circus swainsoni, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 105 (1869) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 76 (1884), vi. p. 225 (1888). Circus macrurus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 67 (1874); id. Ibis, 1892, p. 535 ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 86 (1894). «. Juv. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 5, 1894. Iris dark brown; feet and base of bill yellow ; cere grey. o. 2 ad. Budda, Nov. 11, 1894. Iris yellowish brown ; feet light yellow ; base of bill yellow. Common in spring and autumn, according to Heuglin, in Senar, Abyssinia, and Kordofan. Antinori met with the species at Daimbi in Shoa in November and December, and Dr. Ragazzi at Dembi in February. Mr. Jackson procured specimens in Turquel in January, and at Machako's in March; and Dr. Reichenow records the species from Igonda. 141. ASTUR SPHENURUS. Nisus badius (nee Gm.), Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 70 (1869). Astur sphenurus (Riipp.), Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 113 (1874). Scelospizias sphenurus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 72 (1884). a. d ad. Ehrer River, Aug. 18,1894. Iris red ; cere, feet, and eyelids bright yellow. This species is recorded from the Dahlak Islands by Ruppell, and by Hemprich and Ehrenberg from Arabia. Heuglin collected it on the coast-land of Abyssinia, in Bogos-land, on the Mareb and near Adowa in Tigrie, in the " Quola " of Western Abyssinia, on the Blue Nile near Senar and Khartoum, and along the whole of the White Nile and Gazelle River, westwards to Kosanga in Equatorial |