360 Mr. T. E. Buckley on Birds observed 



Helotarsus ecaudatus (Daud.). 



This seemed to be the commonest Eagle from the Limpopo 

 to the Matabili country ; but it was very shy^ and I never 

 could obtain a specimen. Its flight is very graceful, soaring 

 about without much movement of the wings ; its black body, 

 with the white underneath the wings, and bright red legs, 

 make it a very conspicuous object when flying. 



Haliaetus vociFER (Daud.). 



I saw one or two pairs on the Limpopo, when they appeared 

 to be breeding ; but they were not common ; they seem to be 

 much more abundant in the Zulu country. 



MiLvus MIGRANS (Bodd.) et auctt. recc. 



M. korschun (Gm.), Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. p. 322*. 



Very common through the Bamangwato and Matabili 

 country ; but it is not until the rainy season that they appear 

 in any numbers. We saw an immense quantity one day in 

 November, after a heavy shower of rain, together with a few 

 Buzzards, feeding on the swarms of young locusts which 

 covered the ground. 



ElANUS CiERULEUS (Dcsf). 



Fairly common in Natal, I saw several pairs one day along 

 the banks of the Mooi river ; but they would not allow of an 

 approach within gun-shot. 



Falco biarmicus (Temm.). 



By no means common. One specimen was procured in 

 Natal ; and I saw another pair one morning in the Transvaal. 

 These latter were remarkably tame ; but as I had only a rifle 

 with me, I did not fire. 



TiNNUNCULus RUPicoLA (Daud.) . 



Cerchneis rupicola, Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 429 f. 



S . River Tugela, Natal, May 21st, 1873. 



Beak horn-colour ; legs yellow ; iris dark hazel. 



* [As J. F. Gmelin's title Iwrsclmn cannot with certainty be applied to 

 this Kite, or any other Hawk, Boddaert's name, by which the Black Kite 

 is known to nearly all modern writers, had best be adhered to. — Ed.] 



t [Mr. Sharpe states that Falco columharius is the type of Vieillofs 

 genus Tinnunculus. This is not necessarily the case, as Falco sparverivs 

 has equal claim. As Vieillot called both birds Cresserelles, and used Lin- 



