592 Mr. A. B. Percival on Birds 



went up the liver in my dugout for a mile or so^ and saw 

 the Owl fly into seme thick cover on the bank of the river, so 

 went ashore after it. I never saw another in the district. 



63. Circus macrurus (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Cat, B. Brit. 

 Mus. i. p. 67 (1874) .■• 



a. $ ad. Euo River, November 23;, 1898. 



A pair of these OaaIs were for some days about tny camp 

 on the Ruo, near the Zoa Falls. They were very fond of 

 washing^ and every day came to the same sandbank in the 

 river to have their bath^ sitting in the water for an hour or 

 more. 



64. PoLYBOROiDEs TYPicus Smith ; Shelley, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 229. 



These birds were not uncommon, haunting the river-banks 

 and palm-groves. They worked the palm- groves very care- 

 fully, flying from tree to tree, and examining all the leaves, 

 more particularly those that were dead. They sometimes 

 flew to a frcnd and hung down, alighting at the point, and 

 half climbing, half flying up the frond, looking, I suppose, 

 for small reptiles and shells. They were not easy to shoot, 

 being very wary. 



65. AsTUR poLYzoNoiDEs (Smith) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1897, 

 p. 551. 



a. Ad. Chiromo, Ruo River, July 30, 1898. 



This pretty little Hawk was not uncommon around 

 Chiromo in July, August, and the early part of September. 

 After that time I did not see a single specimen. It is 

 extremely tame and very easy to shoot, feeding mostly on 

 insects and small birds. It is to be found in almost every 

 palm- grove, and if disturbed only flies to the next tree, 

 allowing one to walk right underneath before moving. 



66. AcciPiTER MiNULLUS (Daud.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 177. 



A few of these pretty little Hawks are to be seen on the 

 banks of the Ruo, where the thick bush comes down to the 

 water. They seldom venture far thence, and are very 



