3CG Mr. A. L. Butler on the 



and Gedaref), but did not meet with another until April 

 1901, when I saw this bird singly on several occasions west 

 of Mazrub in Kordofan. 



205. Milvus jEGYptius (Gm.). 



The Egyptian Kite is abundant throughout the whole 

 Soudan. In the towns it is a useful scavenger and an 

 impudent thief, becoming very fearless, though always 

 crafty, where it is used to the daily presence of man. 

 On one occasion, at Gallabat, a Kite snatched away a bird 

 (Laniarius erythr oq aster) which I was skinning at a table in 

 the open air, scratching my hand deeply in doing so. I have 

 seen it commit other thefts as bold. 



In the bush it always follows grass-fires to feed on the 

 insects which are driven up by the flames, and attends herds 

 of the larger game-animals in the same manner to catch 

 the locusts disturbed by their passage. 



206. IIaliaetus vocifer (Daud.). 



The African River-Eagle is common on both the White 

 and Blue Niles, being more and more frequently met with 

 as the traveller ascends the rivers. On the smaller waters I 

 do not remember having seen it. 



Mr. G. B. Middleton brought me two tiny nestlings, 

 covered with white down, from the White Nile in October 

 1904. These are now well-grown birds, and very tame, 

 but one of them has deformed feet, and can only move 

 about on its houghs. There was a third egg in the nest, 

 containing another chick, but this was broken under the 

 impression that it was addled. 



207. Helotarstjs ecaudatus (Daud.). 



The Bateleur Eagle, though nowhere abundant, occurs 

 all over the Soudan. I have seen it from Shendi in the 

 north to the White Nile and Bahr-el-Ghazal, and from 

 the Abyssinian frontier to Western Kordofan. 



To my mind this is the most beautiful Eagle in the 

 country, and its flight is always a delight to me to watch. 

 r lhe buoyant power of the bird, as it sails for miles with 

 hardly a stroke of its rigid upturned pinions, is a sight to 



