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4. *AcciPiTER ciRRocEPHALUs (Yieill.) ; Sharpe, t. c. 

 p. 141. 



Two females, both in immature plumage ; one of them 

 shot in June is moulting into the adult livery, as one or two 

 fresh feathers with cross-bars are showing on the breast. 



" Plentiful, but shy and extremely difficult to procure, as 

 they fly very high. Iris and feet yellow ; bill black'' {Olive). 



5. Baza subcristata (Gould) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 357. 

 Evidently somewhat difficult to procure, though not really 



rare ; we have received two adults only, one from Cooktown 

 and the other from the neighbourhood of Bellenden Ker. 



Regarding the latter Mr. Olive remarks that the species is 

 not uncommon on the margins of the thick scrubs, where it 

 is frequently to be seen perching on the loftier branches 

 of dead trees, but there is difficulty in getting within 

 shooting-distance. Iris yellow; feet bluish white; upper 

 mandible black, lower yellowish. 



6. ^Haliastur girrenera (Vieill.); Sharpe, t. c. p. 315. 

 A single adult female. 



" Found siiigly in forest country near the sea, but not at 

 all plentiful : shy, and usually flies at a great elevation. Iris 

 brown; feet dirty white; bill slate- grey '' [Olive), 



7. *Haliastur sphenurus (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 316, 

 A pair of somewhat immature birds. 



''A carrion-feeder: circles in the air at a great height 

 looking for food. Twenty or thirty may be occasionally 

 found feeding on a dead beast, some even going inside the 

 carcase. I have noticed that they are able to tear up and 

 devour their food on the wing. Iris brown ; feet whitish ; 

 bill blackish slate" [Olive). 



8. ■^HiERACiDEA oRiENTALis (Schlcg.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 422. 

 A small series of young and adult birds of both sexes. 



9. *HiERACiDEA BERiGORA (Vig. & Horsf.) ; Sharpe, t. c. 

 p. 421. 



A pair of adult birds. 



It seems strange that this species and the preceding, which 



