282 Mr. T. Ayres on the Ornithologu of Transvaal. 



XXXII. — Additional Notes on the Ornithologij of Transvaal. 

 By Thomas Ayres. Communicated by John Henry 



GURNEY. 



[Continued from 'The Ibis/ 1885, p. 351.] 



[In the following pages the species which had not been pre- 

 viously recorded from Transvaal by Mr. Ayres are numbered 

 consecutively to those previously collected by him in that 

 country. — J. H. G.] 



CiRCAETUs PECTORALis, Smith. Black-chcsted Harrier 

 Eagle. 



In our winter of 1884 this very handsome Eagle was much 

 more plentiful about Potchefstroom than usual ; the follow- 

 ing year there were comparatively few about. Specimens 

 sent. 



A. Male, adult, Potchefstroom, 4th June, 1884. 



B. Female, adult, Potchefstroom, 25th June, 1884 (very 

 small for a female) . 



C. Female, adult, Potchefstroom, 16th July, 1884. Crop 

 and stomach contained two large toads, both swallowed 

 whole. 



D. Female, adult, Potchefstroom, 20tli July, 1884. Crop 

 and stomach contained toads. 



[I have taken the following measurements of these speci- 

 mens : — 



A. S 



B. $ 



c. 2 



D. $ 



CiRCAETUs ciNEREUS, Vicill. Ciuercous Harrier Eagle. 



Female, Pilaus Berg, Rustenburg district, 10th July, 

 1883. Iris yellow ; bill black ; tarsi and feet greenish white. 



I have only met with this species in the warmer districts 

 or bush-veldt. 



