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Show 506 DR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, Africa. It was noticed by Antinori at Daimbi in Shoa in January, but not by Dr. Ragazzi." In the Turquel country Mr. Jackson obtained the Southern race, Astur polyzonoides, which is also the form prevalent in East Africa (cf. Reichen. t. c. p. 88). 142. MELIERAX POLIOPTERUS. Melierax poliopterus, Cab.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 88 Salvad. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 550 (1894); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 86 (1894). Melierax polyzonus (nee Riipp.), Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. art. no. 10, p. 2. «. d ad. Doda, Nov. 21, 1894. b, c. Ad. Doda, Nov. 22, 1894. Iris brown ; base of bill deep yellow ; legs salmon-colour. This species is not known from Shoa, nor has Mr. Jackson met with it in the interior of East Africa, but Dr. Reichenow records it from Speke Gulf and Irangi. 143. MELIERAX GABAR. Nisus gabar, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 73 (1869). Melierax gabar (Daud.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 89 (1874); Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 391 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 535; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 87 (1894). Micronisus gabar, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 72 (1884), vi. p. 203 (1888). a. 2 juv- Berbera, July 4, 1894. b. d ad. Boholgarshan, July 15, 1894. Iris reddish brown. Heuglin states that the " Gabar " is the commonest Hawk in the cultivated lands and on the islands of the Nile in Nubia and Senar ; also on the coast of Abyssinia, on tbe Mareb, in Takah and Kordofan, but is rare on the Upper White Nile. It was not seen in wooded country or on the Abyssinian highlands. His most northern point for the species was between Wadi-Halfa and Dir ; but according to Sehlegel the species has been obtained near Suez. Antinori procured specimens at Daimbi in Shoa in November, and Dr. Ragazzi met with it in the same country in March, June, and August. Mr. Jackson obtained it at Machako's in March and April, and Dr. Reichenow records it from Useguha and Ukamba. 144. MELIERAX NIGER. Nisus niger, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 74 (1869). Melierax niger, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 91 (1874) ; id. Ibis, 1892, p. 535 ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 87 (1894). Micronisus niger, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 73 (1884). A. 2 ad. Boholgarshan, July 15, 1894. Iris orange. Heuglin says that this species is often found in localities where M. gabar does not occur, as in Bogos-land, high Central Abyssinia, and on the Upper White Nile, but it was not noticed by him in |