On the Monkey-eating Eagle of the Philippines. 285 



b, c. <$ ? ad. Ybytirai, February 4, 7, 1904. 



c£ . Bill black above, slate-coloured below ; tarsi and feet 

 slate-coloured. 



? . Bill buff, black above ; tarsi and feet bluish slate- 

 coloured. 



[This species is not uncommon through the large forests. 

 Its habits are slightly different from those of the Wood- 

 peckers proper, as it perches and hunts for food more along 

 the branches than on the trunks of trees. It is a very shy 

 bird and the slightest unusual rustling noise will at once 

 cause it to cease pecking, when owing to its small size it is not 

 easily discovered. It is protected by a particularly offensive 

 odour, such as arises from a place infested by cockroaches, 

 but much stronger ; this smell becomes less evident after the 

 bird is skinned, but often lasts for years. 



The nest is a hole made in a tree to the depth of some six 

 or eight inches, two white eggs being laid ; there is no 

 lining other than the chips of wood. — W. F.~\ 



[To be continued.] 



XI. — On the Monkey -eating Eagle of the Philippines 

 (Pithecophaga jefferyi*). By D. Seth-Smith, F.Z.S., 

 M.B.O.U. 



(Plate IV. and Text-fig. 4.) 



The acquisition, by the Zoological Society of London, of a 

 fine living specimen of the magnificent Monkey-eatin°- 

 Eagle, seems to present a fitting opportunity of collecting 

 together the few scattered notes that have been published 

 on this remarkable species, and of figuring it from life. 

 Pithecophaga jefferyi was described at the Meeting of 



* Pithecophaga jefferyi Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. O. C. vi. p. xvii 

 (1896) ; Ibis, 1897, p. 214, pi. v. ; Whitehead, Ibis, 1899, p. 91 ; Meaorns, 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash, xviii. p. 76 ; Clemens, Condor, ix. p. 92 • 

 McGregor, Philipp. Journ. Sc, Oct. 1907, p. 297. 



