:)2 LT. C. G. FINCH-DAVIES 



never heard of more than one young bird having been 

 found in a nest. Tlie legs and talons of this ea^le are 

 remarkably powerful. One day the young bird mentioned 

 above, when fully ikdged, seized two small Angora Goat 

 kids that came too near his jjerch — One in each foot — 

 and would undoubtedly have killed then both it* the 

 farmer had not come to their assistance just in time 

 I fear that this magnificent eagle is doomed to .'Xtinc- 

 tion in South Africa unless something is done to prevent 

 it. Certainly they do occasionally kill a lamb or kid, and 

 for this reason are usually poisoned or shot on sight, but 

 it seems a great pity that this sh(mld be so, as the harm 

 done is very small and is amply compensated for by the 

 sight of such grand birds in the mountainous scenery 

 they frequent and adorn. Their principal prey is the 

 Rock-dassie; besides this they prey occasionally on young 

 Klil»springers and game birds. 



Formerly this species was only known to occur in the 

 mountainous districts of southern South Africa and 

 Abyssinia, and this huge break in its distribution was a 

 j)uzzle to naturalists. More recently it has been recorded 

 from C. Africa, Ehodesia and now in S. West Africa, 

 and I think tliat it will eventually be found to occur 

 I'ight through the Ethiopian Region in the mountainous 

 [>arts where conditions and food are favourable. 



rinfortunately even now we know very little of the 

 distribution of the larger birds of prey, as travelling 

 collectors usually confine themselves to f^ecuring the 

 smaller s})ecies of birds, being unable to carry large 

 s])ecimens. 



Bvivo "ii<inr — Augur Buzzard. 1 tVmnd the Augur 

 Buzzard in the mountainous parts of the Windhuk dis 

 trict but it was not plentiful. In flight, cry and general 

 lijibits, it api)ears to exactly resemble the Jackal Buzzard 

 and I should not be surprised if some day ornitliologists 

 \\\\\ considei- i( ;ts only a geographical race of that s])eci('s. 

 I never n)et with the entirely black form of this bird, all 

 the adults T saw being white breasted. I was luckv 



