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Show 1895.] FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 509 «. Ad. Jan. 13, 1895. Iris brown ; cere light yellow ; bill feet dirty white. Heuglin found this fine Sea-Eagle in the Upper Nile districts. From Southern Nubia it is seen along the White and Blue Niles, on the Atbara and on Lake Tana. Antinori procured it on Lake Cialalaka, and says that it is not rare along the Duleccia River. Mr. Jackson found it plentiful in Turquel, and Dr. Reichenow says that it is distributed all over East Africa. 150. MILVUS JEGYPTTUS. Milvus forskali, Strickl. ; Heugl. t. c. p. 98 (1869). Milvus-cegyptius (Gm.); Sharpe, t. c. p. 320 (1874) ; Oust. t. p. 2 (1886); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 58 (1884), vi. p. 196 (1888); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 89 (1894). «. d ad. Furza, Sept. 12, 1894. Iris dark brown ; bill, cere, and legs lemon-yellow. b. J ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 26, 1894. Iris rich brown; whole of bill dull pale yellow; legs and corners of mouth bright yellow. c. d imm. * Sheik Husein, Sept. 26, 1894. Iris rich brown ; bill dark horn-colour, base dull yellow; corners of mouth and legs bright yellow. The Egyptian Kite is, according to Dr. Heuglin, distributed over the whole of North-eastern Africa, and was found by him on tbe Arabian coast of the Red Sea, on the Dahlak Islands, in Adel-land and the Somali country, and in Abyssinia up to 12,000 feet. It is resident in Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia, but scarcer on the Upper Nile. It is very common in Shoa, according to Dr. Ragazzi, and is said by Dr. Reichenow to be universal throughout Eastern Africa. 151. EL ANUS C.ERULEUS. Elanus melanopterus (Daud.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 100 (1869). Elanus cceruleus (Desf.) ; Sharpe, t, c. p. 336 (1874); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 60 (1884), vi. p. 191 (1888) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 539 ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 89 (1894). «. 2 i m m - Budda, Nov. 11, 1894. Base of bill, corners of mouth, and feet yellow ; iris red. According to Heuglin, this Black-winged Kite is one of the commonest birds of prey in Central and Low-er Egypt, rarer at Assouan and in Northern Nubia. In autumn and winter it appears, apparently singly, in the southern portions of Nubia, near Khartoum, in Abyssinia and Takah, Bogos-land, in Kordofan, and on the Blue and White Niles. Heuglin considers it to be less plentiful in Egypt during the winter. Antinori met with it at Daimbi in Shoa in May and November, and Dr. Ragazzi at Sodde in June. In January Mr. Jackson procured a specimen in Turquel; and Dr. Reichenow states that it has been found in German East Africa at Tanga, Karema, and Kagehi. |