'JO i.'i. 0. G. FINCH-DAVIES 



from Wiudhuk, T came across thirty or more of iliese 

 birds feeding on a dead horse, iu company with (me or 

 two Kolbes Vultures, and shot a tine adult. 



Gyps l:olhei — Koibe's A^ilture. This vulture appears 

 to be rare in the ^.AV. Protectorate. I only met with it 

 on the occasion mentioned above, when I saw two or 

 three, and shot one specimen for indentification. 



AccipiUr minullus tropicalis — Pale Little Sparrow- 

 Hawk. I never met with this little hawk myself, but 

 Major Thompson of tlie S.A.M.C. showed me an adult fe- 

 male which he had shot at Grootfontein, where he says 

 they are not uncommon. Mr. Claude Grant of the British 

 Museum, wiien writing recently of this species, says that 

 he fails to see how A, in. tropicalis can be distinguished 

 from the typical A. ni. minullus. Te me there seems to 

 be a vast difference between the distinctly (jrvu upi)ev sur- 

 face of ih.e former and the hlack colouring of this part in 

 the typical race. 



Cir cactus pectoral is — Black-Breasted Harrier Eagle, 

 This species appears to be rather rare, — I did not meet 

 with it myself, but saw the skin of a fine adult female 

 in the possession of a German at Windhuk, which he 

 had shot near the town. There w^as also a nestling of 

 this species in the small " Zoo •' at Windhuk, taken from 

 a nest in the district. 



Aqnila vcrrcau-ri — P>lack Eagle. This magnificent 

 eagle has n.ot been i-ecorded before from the South AVest 

 Piotectorate. T was fortunate in being able to see a good 

 deal of it in the Windhuk district, and also in finding a 

 nest and taking the eggs, which are now in the Trans 

 vaal Museum at Pretoria. The nest was situated on a 

 small ledge on the sheer face of a Krantz; but sufticientlv 

 near the top to allow one to clind) down to it willKMu 

 much trouble. T found the nest some time before the ('^xix^ 

 were laid, and ke])t a watch (m it. Tt had been occupied 

 the previous year ami a young bird taken from it, which 

 T saw in the ])ossession of a German fai-mer. The birds 

 started to renovate the nest some two months before the 



