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Show 562 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY O N [May 3, Rare in Eastern Africa, where it has previously only been recorded from the island of Zanzibar. Its range appears to be East Africa southward from the Usambara country, and South Africa, where it becomes rarer in the western districts. 3. LOPHOAETUS OCCIPITALIS. Spizaetus occipitalis (Daud.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 50; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 251; Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 276, 292. Lophoaetus occipitalis, Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 274. Usambara hills. Dr. Fischer found it abundant from Melinda, round Formosa Bay, to Witu. It inhabits the whole of Africa south of about 17° N. lat. 4. ClRCAETUS CINEREUS. Circaetus cinereus (Vieill.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 54; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 282. Usambara mountains. It inhabits the whole of Africa south of about 16° N. lat. 5. BuTASTUR RUFIPENNIS. Buteo rufipennis, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 214, pi. 22. Poliornis rufipennis, Sundev., Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 95. Butastur rufipennis, Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 299. Pangani. This is the most southern limit whence the species has been recorded. It ranges northward to Kordofan. 6. FALCO CUVIERI. Falco cuvieri, Smith, Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 400. Lamo. New to East Africa. This rare species was formerly only known from South and West Africa. 7. BAZA VERREAUXI. Baza verreauxi (Lafr.), Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 354. Avicida orientalis, Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, p. 292. Avicida verreauxi, Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 339. I recently procured a specimen of this rare Cuckoo-Falcon from a small collection made by the Rev. Thomas Wakefield at Rabbai, near Mombas. Dr. Fischer collected it at Muniuni. It ranges along the bushy coast-land of East Africa, as far south as Natal. 8. ASTURINULA MONOGRAMMICA. Asturinula monogrammica (Temm.), Finsch & Hartl. Vdf. Ost- Afr. p. 59 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 711 ; id. Cat. B. i. p. 275 ; Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 354; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 242; Fischer |