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reptiles, wliilc small iiiainiiials, birds, fro;;'.?, fisli, crabs, and insects are 

 also devoured. Another Oriental genns is represented by the Grey- 

 faced Buzzard-Eagle {Biitaslnr'nidlciis) (916); aud the Bateleur Eagle 



[Ciisi'ol.] [Helotarsus ecuudutus) (917), wliieli is placed next it, is a peculiar short- 

 tailed African form, and with its fiery-red face and feet is one of the 

 liandsomest Birds of Prey. 



Next come the grand Sea-Eagles {Haliariu.s), which ai'C fidly 

 represented by no tbwer than live species. The White-tailed Sea-Eagle 

 or ]<h'nc {H. (ilbicilhis) (918), a few pairs of which still breed in the 

 British Isles, is also an autumn aud winter visitor to our coasts ; the 

 White-headed or Bald Sea-Eagle [H. leucoceplialns) (919) is the North 

 American rc])resentative form, and the liandsomest of all is perhaps 

 the Vociferous Sea-lilagle (//. rocifer) (920) fiom Africa. Few kinds 

 [CentiH of fish, flesh, fowl, or carrion conic amiss to these birds. In the large 

 centre Case a very tine series of Steller's Sea-Eagle (H. pelat/icus) 

 (922) [PI. XV.] is exhibited ; the adult male, with the pure white 

 shoulders and tail^ is an unusually light-coloured specimen of its kind 

 and no doubt a very old bird. 



[Ca-e")!',! In tliig Case are placed the Kites and IIoucy-Buzzards : commencing 

 on the floor we find the handsome chestnut and white Brahminy Kites 

 [HaViastur) (923, 924), the lovely Swallow-tailed Kite [Elaiwides fur- 

 cutus) (925) trom America, and the Common and Black Kites {M/lciis 

 milviis and M. kursrkuii) (926, 927). Though once a common liird in 

 Great Britain, only a few pairs of the Common Kite or " Glcd " have 

 escaped destruction and nest in this country at the present time ; 

 the JMack Kite has occurred twice as an accidental straggler to our 

 shores. 



[Case-Ji'.j Buzu subcjistala (928) represents the rather large genus of Cuckoo- 

 Falcons, extending from India through the Malay Peninsula to 

 Australia, Madagascar, and Africa. They are all rare birds, and 

 are remarkable in having two '•' teeth " in the upper mandible. Next 

 to it, will be seen Swainson's Kite {Gampsotiyx swahiso/ii) (929), a 

 beautifully marked diminutive form from Central and South America, 

 the curious Hook-lulled Kites (Li'jiluduii) (930), their slender-billed 

 ally [Roslrhuinus Iciicopyij/ix) (932), and the handsome Lead-coloured 

 F^alcou {Iciinia phimbea) (933), all from the same continent. After the 

 Square-tailed species (Lojj/iokiinia isnru) (934) from Australia, Ave come 

 to the Black-shouldered Kite {Elaniti) ; a specimen of E. cceruleus (936j 

 is said to have been obtained in Ireland in 1*S62, but the evidence 

 appears to be insufficient. Lastly the curious Double-toothetl Falcon 

 (Harjiagus bidentutus) (937), which resembles the Cuckoo Falcons 

 {Baza) in having the upper mandible doubly notched, is worthy of 

 special notice. 



