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had : — Iris yellow ; bill livid greenish yellow ; legs greenish 

 grey. Total length 6*2 inches. 



154. Spizaetus nipalensis (Hodgs.). 



Two examples of this species were shot by our men in 

 December 1895 near Shao-wu-fu. 



Eagles are not uncommon about Kuatun, but it is even 

 more difficult there than elsewhere to get at them, and they 

 are seldom seen at quarters close enough to recognize the 

 species. 



One swooped down on some of the village chicicens just 

 under our windows while we were at tiffin one day, but flew 

 away before we could realize what had happened. 



155. BUTASTUR INDICUS (Gm.). 



A young bird was shot on the 26th April, 1898, at Kuatun. 

 It was one of a party of three, so the hunter told me. 



This bird has a great deal of white about the head; the 

 forehead, a wide superciliary mark, and a large patch behind 

 the eye being white. It is a female, with ovaries developing. 

 The stomach contained a large grasshopper, a grub, and the 

 remains of a large beetle {Carabus coelestis t) . The soft 

 parts were as follows : — Iris yellow ; eyelids orange-yellow ; 

 cere and gape orange-yellow ; mouth flesh-coloured j bill 

 black, with half of lower mandible and base of upper man- 

 dible dull orange; legs yellow. Total length 17 inches, 

 wing 12'5, tail 7*9, tarsus 2'4. 



156. AsTUR soLOENsis Horsf. 



I have an adult male from Foochow, and another adult 

 male was shot by one of the hunters close to Kuatun on the 

 21st April, 1898. We saw one at the latter place pounce 

 on one of a flock of Yuhina pallida under our windows. It 

 remained for a few seconds on the ground, then flew back to 

 the forest with its prey. 



The soft parts of the bird shot on the 21st AjDril, 1898, 

 are as follows : — Iris dark crimson ; bill blackish towards 

 the point, bluish at the base ; cere orange ; legs orange- 

 yellow ; claws flesh-colour. Total length 12 inches. 



