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Show 1888.] FROM EQUATORIAL AFRICA. 47 Cerchneis alopex, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 432, pi. 14. fig- 1, ?. No. 952. Redjaf, Dec. 2, 1883. No. 167. Redjaf, Jan. 28, 1884. The male is slightly darker and more strongly streaked. 158. DISSODECTES ARDESIACUS (Bonn. & Vieill.). Cerchneis ardesiaca, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 446; id. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvii. p. 438. Falco ardesiacus, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 1881, p. 15 ; Pelz. Verh. Wien, xxxi. 1881, pp. 143, 606. No. 290. 2 • Lado, April 2, 1884. 159. BUBO CINERASCENS, Guer. Bubo cinerascens, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 32; Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. viii. 1882, p. 215 ; Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvii. 1884, p. 438. No. 172. 2- Redjaf, Jan. 30, 1884. Iris dusky ; bill blackish ; feet beneath the feathers dusky. Compared with the S.-African B. maculosus (Sharpe, Cat. ii. p. 13), I do not see much difference in plumage, and do not think much of the feathering of the toes ; but in B. maculosus the iris is yellow, which apparently settles the question of the difference in the two species. 160. SCOPS CAPENSIS, Smith. Scops zorca africana, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 117. Scops capensis, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 52, pi. 3. fig. 1. Nos. 37, 38. Wadelai, Aug. 2, 1885. Iris sulphur-yellow ; bill horn-colour ; feet dusky. This specimen certainly belongs to the S. capensis as understood by Mr. Sharpe, and those collected by Mr. Bohndorff (Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvii. 1884, p. 439) in the Niam-niam country to S. giu. To say that they are really specifically distinct requires more research than I have given to the subject. 161. GLAUCIDIUM PERLATUM (Vieill.). Glaucidium perlatum, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 209; id. Journ. I_inn. Soc, Zool. xvii. 1884, p. 439. Athene perlata, Pelz. Verh. Wien, xxxi. 1881, p. 143; Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Verh. Brem. viii. 1882, p. 215. No. 364. 3- Kiri, May 21, 1884. b. 2- [No locality.] March 16, 1883. 162. STRIX FLAMMEA, Linn. Strix fiammea, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 291 ; id. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvii. 1884, p. 440. No. 63. Tingasi, May 1882. Small; wing only 9"4 inches, but of the ordinary typical colouring. |
