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Show 504 DR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, fl, b. d 2 • Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 1, 1894. Iris dark brown. According to Heuglin, this large Owl is widely distributed throughout the wooded regions of North-eastern Africa. It is pretty common on the Abyssinian coast-lands, in Takah, on the White and Blue Niles, and ascends high up the Abyssinian mountains. It is not common in Shoa, according to Dr. Ragazzi, but was met with in Turquel by Mr. Jackson, and is recorded by Dr. Reichenow from Tabora, Tanga, the Sigi River, and the southern shores of the Victoria Nyanza. 137. CARINE S-PILOGASTEA. Athene spilogaster, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 119, tab. iv. (1869). Carine spilogastra, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 138 (1875); Salvad. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 551 (Durei Katabel ed Habir). Carine glaux (nee Savign.), Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 391. «, 6. d 2 ad. Ahdeh, July 14, 1894. This species was discovered by Heuglin in the Abyssinian coast-land, between Umkulu and Harkiko, in July. Though Dr. Smith's specimens are rather darker than the figure given by Heuglin, and the rufous streaks on the underparts are broader, I believe that they really belong to Heuglin's species. This is the opinion of Count Salvadori ; and I have re-examined Mr. Lort Phillips's specimen, which Capt. Shelley referred to Carine glaux, and it is undoubtedly C. spilorcistra, as suspected by the Count. 138. GLAUCIDIUM PERLATUM. Noctua perlata (V.); Heugl. t. c. p. 120 (1869). Glaucidium perlatum., Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 209 (1875); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 77 (1884); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 97 (1894). «. 2 ad. Darro Mountains, Nov. 20, 1894. Iris light yellow ; bill greenish yellow. According to Heuglin this Pigmy Owlet is resident in Abyssinia, Senar, Kordofan, and the White Nile district, its northern limit being the district of the Beni-Amer and Bogos-land. It is found usually singly in the wooded regions, up to 8000 feet. Antinori procured a specimen at Ambo-Karra in Shoa in July, and it is apparently widely distributed in East Africa, as Dr. Reichenow records it from the Pangani and Ronga rivers, Aruscha, Pare, Nguruman, Taiveta, Ugogo, and Mpwapwa. Order ACCIPITRES. Fam. FALCONIDAE. 139. POLYBOROIDES TYPICUS. Polyboroides radiatus, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 76 (1869). Polyboroides typicus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 48 (1875) |