442 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grarit on 



Iris orange-yellow ; bill black, slaty grey at base ; cere 

 and orbit greenish dusky ; legs and feet pale yellow. 



[I saw the Black-crested Eagle fairly often. It was 

 generally sitting at the top of a tree on the look out, and 

 was rather hard to shoot. At other times it might be seen 

 soaring fairly high. I found two nests with two eggs in 

 each ; tliey were placed in trees and were rather small 

 structures of sticks, lined with a few leaves, the eggs being 

 covered with some greener leaves. The eggs of this species 

 are new to the Bi'itish Museum Collection. — R. M. H.] 



118. BUTASTUR RUFIPKNNIS. 



Butastur rvfiiJennis (Sund.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 320 ; 

 Gates, Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. ii. p. 378 (1902). 



a. c?. Fashoda. 25th March. No. 177. 



Z». ? . 20 miles N. of Fashoda. 8th April. No. 308. 



c. ? . 20 miles N. of Fashoda. 10th April. No. 310. 



Iris golden yellow ; bill yellow at base, bluish grey at tip ; 

 legs and feet yellow. 



[The Red-winged Goshawk was fairly common south of 

 Jebel Ahmed- Agha. It was generally seen sitting on a stick 

 or reed on the fiats near the river. Now and then it would 

 dash at some insect or lizard on the ground and then 

 return to its perch. It also, when hunting, soared in smallish 

 circles. When above the observer the reddish-brown colour 

 was very conspicuous. It makes a very small stick-nest lined 

 with a few leaves, measuring about a foot across. The eggs 

 are from one to three in number. The eggs of this species 

 were not previously represented in the British Museum 

 Collection.— R. M. II.] 



119. ^HeLOTARSUS ECAUDATUS. 



llelotarsus ecaudatus (Daud.) ; Sliarpe, Cat. B, Brit. JNlus. 

 i. p. 300 (1874) ; Witherby, p. 270 ; Grant, Ibis, 1901, 

 p. 294 ; N. C. Roths. & WoUast. p. 29. 



Ile/otarsus leuconotus Riipp. ; Sharpe, 1. c. p. 301 (1874). 



[I only saw the Bateleur Eagle on three occasions — once at 

 Kowa, once near Kaka, and again near Fashoda. — R. M. H.] 



