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Laclii reed-bed in April and May. Probably breeds in the 

 neighbourhood. 



[1207.] HiERAETUs FASCiATUs. Bonelli's Eagle. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xv. p. 352 (Quetta : some breed 

 in the hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 728 (not common in 

 Kashmir). 



A fairly common resident, very destructive to game. 

 Mr. Donald, who has trained several of these birds, says that 

 they are most courageous and will hawk anything they are 

 entered to ; but that they are wild and difficult to train, even 

 when taken very early from the nest, and that through 

 Avant of practice in flying they are usually rather un wieldly ; 

 added to which, owing to their marked partiality for poultry, 

 they are somewhat nnsatisfactory from a falconer's point 

 of view. In the wild state they have a bad reputation for 

 pursuing and killing trained Goshawks when they get the 

 chance, and are said to be tlie Avorst enemies of the wild 

 Goshawk. They hunt in pairs ; their favourite quarry, if 

 they can be said to have one, is perhaps the Wood-Pigeon, 

 but little comes amiss, and they will snatch up a fowd when 

 opportunity offers, or make off Avith a wounded duck. 



[1216.] CiRCAiixus gallicus. The Short-toed Eagle. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 728. 



Fairly common in Aviuter, and perhaps resident. 



[1220.] BuTASTUR TEESA. Tlic Whitc-cycd Buzzard- 

 Eagle. 



711. c? ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 19th March. 



A summer visitor, arriving early in March and leaving 

 toAvards the end of October. Breeds fairly commonly in the 

 Miranzai and Samilzai Valleys. 



[1223.] Haliaetus leucoryphus. Pallas's Fishing- 

 Eagle. 



Gumming, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 691 (Seistan) ; Ward, 

 op. cit. xvii. p. 728 (Kashmir). 



Resident and common along the River Indus. Mr. Donald 

 found four pairs nesting there in March. Rare elsewhere; 

 occasionally seen between Chikarkot and Hangu. 



