THE IBIS. 



FIFTH SERIES. 



No. VII. JULY 1884. 



XXV. — Additional Notes on the Ornithology of Transvaal. 

 By Thomas Ayres. Communicated by John Henry 



GURNEY. 



[Continued from ' The Ibis/ 1880, p. 273.] 



[In the following Notes such species as Mr. Ayres had not 

 previously recorded from Transvaal are numbered consecu- 

 tively with his former lists. — J. H. G.] 



358. CiRCAETus ciNEREUs, Vicill. Cinereous Harrier- 

 Eagle. 



Female, shot in the Rustenburg district, July 20, 1882. 

 Length in the flesh 28 inches, 5 feet across the wings. Bill 

 horn-colour, nearly black ; legs ashy ; eye yellow. 



Female, from the same locality, shot November 7, 1882. 

 Length in the flesh 28'50 inches. Bill dusky, ashy about 

 the base ; tarsi and feet dingy white. 



One of these specimens was gorged to the chin with two 

 large snakes, each at least 4 feet long, and swallowed whole. 



This species is found about the Klooft at Magaliesbergeu. 

 It is solitary in its habits, and settles on trees, generally on 

 the tops of those of which the foliage is dense ; when sitting 

 it erects the frill at the back of the head, which gives it a 



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