THE IBIS. 



NEW SERIES. 



No. XX. OCTOBER 1869. 



XXXII. — Further Notes on South-African Ornithology. 

 By E. L. Layard, F.Z.S. &c. 



With much gratification I again offer to the readers of ' The 

 Ibis ' some additional notes on South-African ornithology ; I say 

 gratification, because this and the two former papers which I 

 have written for ' The Ibis ' are the results of observations drawn 

 out by my work on the Birds of South Africa. My aim has so 

 far been accomplished, and I trust that the impetus given to the 

 study of our avifauna may be lasting and useful. At some future 

 day I hope to gather all these new materials into a second 

 edition. 



10. Aquila pennata. I obtained this pretty little Eagle 

 in the neighbourhood of Saldanha Bay, on the west coast. 

 A kind friend residing in the vicinity has collected an exten- 

 sive series of eggs for me ; and as the locality is a very fa- 

 vourable one, his name will often appear in these Notes. 

 Mr. J. Cotze, jun., aided by his children and his neighbour, 

 Mr. Melk, procured several nests of this bird. They were 

 placed in trees, very similar to those of Buteo jackal; the eggs, 

 generally two, of a dirty white ground, more or less blotched 

 and smeared with light reddish brown ; axis 2" 5'", diam. 

 1" 10'". My son, Mr. Leopold Layard, also found a nest with 

 a pair of eggs, at Grootevadersbosch, near Swellendam. 



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