232 Mr. F. W. Styan on a 



130. Aquila heliaca, Saviguy. 



Three immature birds; one of the two larger ones is 

 labelled male^ but in size it equals a female. 



" I am told by the native sportsmen that these Eagles are 

 not uncommon in winter on the marshes and paddy-fields 

 adjoining the river, that two or three are sometimes seen 

 together, and that they prey largely on the domestic Ducks, 

 which feed in large flocks on the river and sea-shore. During 

 the winter of 1885-86 I procured three specimens from the 

 natives, and saw the feet of a fourth which had been shot at 

 Laokee and eaten ! One was killed in November and the 

 other two in January." — J. D. T. 



131. NisAETUs FAsciATUs (Vieill). 



Though not previously recorded in the Chinese list, Bonelli^s 

 Eagle is perhaps not uncommon. One was shot near 

 Shanghai last winter, and is now in the Shanghai Museum ; 

 and there are two specimens in the collection before me, both, 

 judging by their size, females — one, with broad shaft-stripes 

 on the breast, killed on the 28th November, and the other, 

 apparently a younger bird, with distinct but very narrow 

 shaft-stripes, killed on the 24.th December. Mr. De la 

 Touche has since obtained another one on 14th October, 

 almost exactly similar to the latter specimen. 



132. Haliaetus leucogaster (Gm.) . 



This is another addition to the Chinese avifauna; it is 

 strange that it has not been noticed before on the southern 

 coasts of China. The specimen is an adult male in moult. 



" On the 27th July last the native Tsung Yang, who was 

 out with me on a short trip to the sea-coast, shot, on a rocky 

 islet near Wofou Island, this very handsome Sea Eagle. We 

 had to scramble up the rock to get at the bird, which, before 

 we picked it up, we had taken for a large sea-bird on account 

 of its peculiar colouring. We had seen this bird in the 

 morning at daybreak ; it flew rather slowly and passed us 

 within shot, alighting half a mile on the sands among a flock 

 of Pelicans, which we had been trying to stalk. As we were 

 preparing to follow it, it rose and went off towards the 



