Observations On the Geology And Zoology of Abyssinia, Made During the Progress of the British Expedition to That Country in 1867-68
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„ 7-8 „ 6-8. The somewhat shorter tail is the character upon which Sundevall grounds his distinction of the species.^ Mr. Gurney, who kindly examined one of my specimens, considers it distinct. Von Heuglin also appears inclined to separate the northern race. 12. N. (Micronisus) niger, Vieill. Sparvius niger, Vieill. Enc. p. 1269. Circus maurus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 47 ; teste Heugl. sed ? Nisus niger, Heugl. Orn. N. O. Afr. No. 47. Iris brown ; cere and bUl black ; legs yellow with black pa...tches in front, and also above the toes ; nails black. I shot two males together in jungle near the source of the Lebka. Both had been feeding on either birds or small mammals, not on insects. By some authors this is considered a mere melanism of N. gabar. It appears to me to differ from the northern race, N. niloticus, in smaller size and in the markings on the underside of the quiUs being larger and less numerous. The quills themselves also appear rather dififerent in shape. The dimensions are, wing ' Sundevall says certainly " M.
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