Identifier: ibis841904brit (find matches)
Title: The Ibis
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: British Ornithologists' Union
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: (London) : Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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of a reddish brown. 44. Huhua poensis. Bubo poensis Fraser; Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 42 (1875;. Huhua poensis Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 284 (1899).? . Efulen, March 20, 1902. Nduk. (J juv. „ May 14, 1902.? ad. „ April 30, 1903. It may be a mere coincidence, but it is certain that thespecimens of this species from the Gold Coast in the BritishMuseum are far more rufous than those from Cameroon orthe Congo, and they have blacker bars on the under surface.These light and dark birds represent apparently two phasesof plumage in these Owls. 45. SfOPS LETTI. Bubo letti Biittik. Notes Leyden Mus. xi. pp. 34, J15, 129,Taf. vi. (1889) ; id. Reiseb. Liberia, App. p. 478 (1890). Scops letti Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. x. p. lv (1900). LophostHw letti Reichenow, Yog. Afrikas, i. p. 003 (1901). I mm. Efulen, Aug. 28, 1902. Akufi.? ad. „ May 22, 1903. $ ?. „ July 24, 1903. These examples resemble the specimen sent by Mr. Hatesfrom the Rio Benito in the French Congo-district, but have ILis l^O^Pl.II
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J.G K«Dlemans del et lith . 36** ■*r ^° s vr P1SORHI) PHRA. from Efulen in Cameroon. 105 the blackish bars on the quills and tail-feathers somewhatmore pronounced. The females seem to be browner and less rufous than thernales, and to have bars on the hind-neck and mantle. Allthe birds shew a trace of brown vermiculation on the black-streaked breast-feathers. 46. PlSORHINA HOLERYTHRA. (Plate II.) Scops holerythra Sharpc, Bull. B. O. C. xii. p. 3 (1901) ;id. Ibis, 1902, p. 92. Pisorhina badia Reichenow, Orn. MB. xi. p. 41 (1903). <J ad. Efulen, Jan. 3, 1903. Soole alum. This specimen agrees with Dr. Reichenows description ofP. badia, and has white shoulder-spots, which were wantingin the type-specimen of my Scops holerythra. I think that,notwithstanding the difference, these two species are iden-tical, and that the cinnamon under-surface with its whitearrow-head spots renders it sufficiently distinct from P. ictero-rhyncha of Shelley. 47. Syrnium nuchale. Syrnium nuchale Sharpe,

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