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Bonelli's eagle {Pseudaetus bonelli). Young male received from 

 Malaga. 



/uly 12th. Marbled duck {cf. antea), long lame and ailing, died. 

 Was a female by dissection, and despatched to Bowdler Sharpe at South 

 Kensington. 



Booted eagle {Aquila pennata), in bad condition, received from 

 Jamrach. 



July iTjth. Egyptian eagle owl (Bubo ascalaphus) received from a 

 Mr. Weeks, of Cheswardine, near Market Drayton, who says that it was 

 captured at Luxor. 



Common bittern (cf. antea). Three eggs all proved rotten. 



July \<-^th. Japanese kite {Milvus mclanotis ?) received from E. 

 Marshall. 



Owl from Japan {Slv/>s sp. ?), id. 



July 2^tk. — Two great blue herons {Ardea herodias) sent on 

 approval by Cross ; returned. 



Two caracaras {Polyborus brasiliensis) from Uruguay, received from 

 O. V. Aplin. 



Pileated jay {Cyanocorax pileatus), id. 



Four long-eared owls (Asia otus) received from Mr. Adams, of 

 Cockley Cley, West Norfolk. 



August \st. Tawny eagle {Aquiia rapa.x) {cf. ante^). Killed by 

 white-bellied sea eagle {Haliaetus leucogaster), through the bars of the 

 compartment in eagle yard. 



August 2nd. Redshank (Totanus calidris) received from F. Dyer 

 of Ramsgate. 



Three black woodpeckers {Picus marlius) received from Jamrach. 



One Montagu's harrier {Circus cineraceus), melanic variety, received 

 from Mons. P. A. Pichot, of Paris, with four others of the same species 

 of ordinary type, which I left at Zoological Gardens. In the individual 

 above noticed the whole of the plumage is of a uniform very deep brown, 

 almost black, the irides of the same colour. I believe that all this lot 

 of harriers were taken from nests in northern France. 



One honey buzzard {Pernis apivorus), white mottled variety, received 

 from Mons. Pichot (as above). This bird was still unable to fly, and 



