Africa, Southern -- Description and travel; Natural history -- Africa, Southern
5. MELIERAX GABAR (Daud.): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 19. Red-faced
Goshawk.
_a._ ♀ (adult.) Lion Camp, Crocodile River, July 1873.
_b._ (juv.) Second Makalaka kraal on Zambesi road, September 3,
1874. Iris deep orange, approaching burnt sienna; bill black, orange
all round the nostril and base; skin round eye pale blue; legs fine
reddish, clouded and spotted with dusky black; claws black.
6. ASTUR POLYZONOIDES (Smith): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 22.
Many-banded Goshawk.
_a._ ♀ (adult.) First Makalaka kraal on Zambesi road, August 22,
1874. Iris rich deep orange; bill black, pale bluish at base; skin
round base yellow (pale); skin round eye pale bluish, inclining to
yellow; claws black. Lizard in stomach.
_b._ ♂ Hendrik’s Vlei, December 18, 1874. Iris crimson; bill
black, becoming pale blue just under nostril; cere and gape and skin
round eye yellow; legs orange-yellow; claws black. In stomach large
insects and lizard (?).
[This pretty little Goshawk is rare in South Africa, but appears to
increase in numbers towards the Zambesi, whence I have recently seen a
series collected by Dr. Bradshaw.]
7. BUTEO JACKAL (Daud.): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 26. Jackal Buzzard.
_a._ ♂ Newcastle, June 4, 1873. Iris pale golden hazel.
8. MILVUS ÆGYPTIUS (G.): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 49. Yellow-billed
Kite.
_a._ ♂ (testes well developed.) Ramaqueban River, September 17,
1874. Iris bright hazel; bill golden yellow, inclining to horn-colour
on upper and lower mandibles, but bright at the base and nostrils; legs
golden yellow, somewhat dusky; claws black. Lizards in stomach; very
fat.
_b._ ♂ Tati, October 1874.
9. ELANUS CÆRULEUS (Desf.); Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 52.
Black-shouldered Kite.
_a._ ♂ (?) (imm.) Hex River, July 1873. Iris bright raw sienna.
Mouse or rat in stomach.
_b._ (adult.) Not labelled.
10. FALCO MINOR, Bp.: Sharpe, _t. c._, p. 57. South African
Peregrine Falcon.
_a._ (adult.) Not labelled.
11. FALCO BIARMICUS (Temm.): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 58, pl. ii.
South African Lanner.
_a._ ♂ Newcastle, June 3, 1873. Iris very dark. Remains of mouse
or rat, and a great many grasshoppers’ heads, in the stomach.
12. CERCHNEIS RUPICOLA (Daud.): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 62. South
African Kestrel.
_a._ ♂ Newcastle, June 3, 1873. Iris very dark.
_b._ ♀ Newcastle, June 3, 1873.
_c._ Not labelled.
13. CERCHNEIS TINNUNCULOIDES (Temm.) _Cerchneis naumanni_,
Sharpe, _t. c._, p. 64. Lesser Kestrel.
_a._ ♀ (adult.) Holfontein, November 25, 1873. Iris dark hazel.
14. CERCHNEIS AMURENSIS (Radde): Sharpe, _t.
c._ p. 66. Eastern Red-footed Kestrel.
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