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Show 510 DR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, 152. POLIOHIERAX SEMITORQUATUS. Falco semitorquatus, Smith; Heugl. t. c. p. 38 (I860) ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 95 (1894). Poliohierax semitorquatus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 370 (1874); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 64 (1884), vi. p. 199 (1888); Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 391 (Somali plateau); Sharpe, Ibis, 1894, p. 539; Salvad. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 550 (1894: Warandab). fl. d 2 ad. Moodenner, Nov. 26, 1894. Eyelids, cere, base of bill, and corner of mouth vermilion; feet light red. b. d ad. Goulf, Nov. 29, 1894. Bill grey ; iris brown. c. d ad. Dunarn, Jan. 4, 1895. Iris brown ; feet vermilion. Heuglin met with this species in the neighbourhood of Gondokoro, and Knoblecher collected it in the Bari-Negro country. A specimen from Shoa is in the British Museum, obtained by Sir W . C. Harris. In the latter country it was met with it at Ambo-Karra in July and August, and Mr. Jackson procured it in Turquel in January. Dr. Reichenow records it from Uniamwesi. 153. CERCHNEIS TINNUNCULUS. Cerchneis tinnunculus (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 425 (1894); id. Ibis, 1892, p. 540. Tinnunculus tinnunculus (L.); Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 392. Tinnunculus neglectus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 65 (1884), vi. p. 200 (1888). Falco tinnunculus, Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 93 (1894). A. d ad. Darro Mountains, Aug. 18, 1894. b. 2 ad. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 1, 1894. These specimens belong to the small dark resident race of Kestrel found in North-east Africa, and not to the ordinary migratory form of Europe. Count Salvadori considers the Kestrel of Shoa to be distinct and calls it T. neglectus of Sehlegel, but I think it is impossible to separate these dark lorms of resident mountain Kestrels specifically. Dr. Reichenow records the Kestrel from the Pangani River, Igonda, and Kakoma. Order ANSERIFORMES. 154. CHENALOPEX .EGYPTIACA. Chenalopex eegyptiacus (L.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 1285 (1873); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 241 (1884), vi. p. 319 (1888); Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 541; Salvad. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 564 (1894 : Gurat) ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 28 (1894). Anser (Chenalopex) cecjyptiacus, Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. art. 10, p. 12(1886). A. 2 ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 20, 1894. Iris orange; bill dull crimson, black at and round the edge ; legs fleshy pink. This species appears to be universally spread over East Africa. |