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Show 1881.] BIRDS FROM EASTERN AFRICA. 563 & Reichenow, torn. cit. pp. 251, 272 ; Fischer, J. f. 0.1879, p. 292 Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 124. Asturinula meridionalis (Hartl.), Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 277. Pangani river; Dar-es-Salaam. This appears to be the commonest Hawk in Eastern Africa. It ranges on the east coast from Abyssinia to the Zambesi, and on the west coast from Senegal to Damaraland. I agree with Mr. Nicholson (/. c) in not considering A. meridionalis (Hartl.) to be distinct; or I should refer the specimens before me to that race. 9. ASTUR POLYZONOIDES. Nisus badius (part.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 81. Astur polyzonoides (Smith), Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 113. Dar-es-Salaam. One immature specimen. This species has hitherto only been recorded from South Africa, where it is chiefly confined to the northern portion, from the Zambesi to Benguela. 10. CIRCUS ^ERUGINOSUS. Circus a?ruginosus (Linn.), Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 67. Usambara hills. A fine adult male. This is the first time the Marsh Harrier has been collected in East Africa. It ranges throughout the whole of the African continent, having been recorded from Natal and Angola; but is of rare occurrence south of the equator. 11. GLAUCIDIUM PERLATUM. Glaucidium perlatum (Vieill.), Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 209. Ugogo. Mr. Sharpe (I. c.) gives as the range of this species " the whole of Africa south of the Sahara, excepting the forest-regions of the west and east coast." This species is here recorded for the first time from East Africa north of the Zambesi. Ugogo is inland of the forest-region of the Zanzibar coast. 12. GLAUCIDIUM CAPENSE. Athene capensis, Smith, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 98. Glaucidium capense, Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 223 ; Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 354. Dar-es-Salaam. It ranges apparently throughout South Africa, and extends northward on the east coast to Dar-es-Salaam. 13. BUBO MACULOSUS. Bubo maculosus (Vieill.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 103 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 30. Lamo; Usambara hills. |