of Madagascar and the adjacent Islands. 449 



13. Haliaetus vociFEROiDES, Des Murs. Madagascar Sea- 

 Eagle. 



After examining three examples of this Eagle preserved in the 

 Museum of the Jardin des Plantes (one of them having lived, 

 as I am informed by M. Jules Verreaux, for five years in the ad- 

 joining menagerie), I concur in the opinion of MM. Des Murs 

 and Verreaux, and also in that of MM. Schlegel and Pollen, 

 that it is a good and distinct species, which, I think, fills a place 

 intermediate between H. vocifer and H. macm. It has been 

 figured by M. Des Murs in his ' Iconographie ' (pi. vii.) and 

 also by MM. Schlegel and Pollen [ujj. cit. pi. xv.) — by the two 

 latter under the name of H. vociferator, an alteration of nomen- 

 clature for which I am unable to account. 



I may add that some years ago Mr. Edward Newton gave to 

 the Norwich Museum the head of a Sea-Eagle which had been 

 killed in Mauritius. It is probably to be referred to the present 

 species, which accordingly may be regarded as an accidental 

 visitor to that island. 



14. BuTEG BRACHYPTERUS, Von Pelzeln. Madagascar 

 Buzzard. 



Some interesting details of the habits of this species, which 

 was figured in the former series of 'The Ibis ' (186.2, pi. viii.), 

 are given by MM. Schlegel and Pollen [op. cit. p. 45), from the 

 observations of the gentleman last named. It appears to be 

 found only in Madagascar. 



15. MiLVUS ^GYPTius (Gmel.). Yellow-billed Kite. 



This Kite is frequent in Madagascar, and MM. Schlegel and 

 Pollen [op. cit. p. 44) mention that it is also very common in the 

 island of Mayotte. It occurs as well in Joanna, where it w^as 

 met with by the late Dr. Dickerson, as recorded in ' The Ibis ' 

 for 1864 (p. 298). 



16. MiLVUs MIGRANS (Boddacrt) . Black Kite. 



This Kite also occurs in Madagascar. An example killed on 

 the Hivondrona, 8th September 1862 (Ibis, 1863, p. 337), by 

 Mr. Edward Newton, was presented by him to the Norwich 

 Museum ; and his and his brother's collection contains a second 



