_a._ ♀ (adult.) Between Sibanani and Tamasancha, December 9, 1874. Iris hazel; skin round eye yellow; skin at base of bill orange; bill dark greyish blue, pale yellow at base, the yellow colour predominating over the blue on the lower mandible; legs and feet orange; claws pale dusky orange. In stomach flying ants, which it was catching in the air, amongst many other birds, when shot. The male, I think, is less, and more distinctly marked. [Dr. Kirk was the first to discover this Kestrel in the Zambesi region, and there were specimens in Dr. Bradshaw’s collection.] Sub-order STRIGES. Family BUBONIDÆ. 15. BUBO LACTEUS (Temm.): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 71. Verreaux’s Eagle Owl. _a._ ♀ (adult.) Inkwesi River, August 5, 1874. Iris dark (? dark blue), but much sunk in when I got it; bill very pale blue; claws dusky black. 16. BUBO MACULOSUS (Vieill.): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 73. Spotted Eagle Owl. _a._ Not labelled. 17. SCOPS LEUCOTIS (Temm.): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 74. White-faced Scops Owl. _a._ ♀ (adult.) Near Umvungu River, November 3, 1873. Native name, “Secova.” Iris deep orange. Ova size of mustard seed. Remains of small rat in stomach. Sitting on nest, made, I think, in an old one, as there were many similar ones, as of a colony of birds, in the trees about. Three well-grown young ones in nest, very fierce, as was the old one. 18. GLAUCIDIUM PERLATUM (Vieill.): Sharpe, _Cat. B._ ii. p. 209. _Carine perlata_, Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 77. African Pearl-spotted Owlet. _a._ ♀ Tati, August 29, 1873. Iris chrome yellow. _b._ ♂ Tati, October 10, 1874. Iris bright yellow; bill whitish. _c._ Not labelled. 19. ASIO CAPENSIS (Smith): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 78. African Short-eared Owl. _a._ Pietermaritzburg, about the beginning of May 1873. Iris dark brown. _b._ ♂ Marsh near Newcastle, June 1, 1873. Iris deep orange. I saw several of these Owls whilst snipe-shooting. Another shot was much softer in plumage, like a young bird. Family STRIGIDÆ. 20. STRIX CAPENSIS, (Smith): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 81. South African Grass-owl. _a._ Sand Spruit, Transvaal, June 8, 1873. Iris very dark. 21. STRIX FLAMMEA, L.: Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 82. Barn Owl. _a._ ♀ (old bird probably). Tati, September 18, 1874. Iris very dark hazel; bill pale flesh-colour. _b._ ♀ (?. Tati, September 18, 1874. Very fat. Iris very dark hazel; bill pale flesh-colour; feet whitish; claws black. _c._ ♂ (?) (undeveloped). Tati, October 3, 1874. Remains of rat in stomach. Order PICARIÆ. Family CAPRIMULGIDÆ. 22. CAPRIMULGUS EUROPÆUS, L.: Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 83. European Nightjar. _a._ Not labelled. 23. CAPRIMULGUS RUFIGENIS, Smith: Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 85. Rusous-cheeked Nightjar. _a._ ♀ Semokwe River, September 24, 1873. _b._ ♂ Semokwe River, October 1873. Iris hazel. _c._ ♀ Tati, March 21, 1874.