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fire occurred. Then I have seen as many as twenty or thirty 

 at once, very busy with the disturbed insects. I did not 

 meet with it in the low country. 



Aquila pomarina pomarina. 



Aquila pomarina Brehm, Handb, Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. 

 1831, p. 27. 



Aquila pomarina pomarina Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. ii. 

 1914, p. 1104. 



? ad. Ithanga Hills. 12th October. Wing 483 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; cere and feet orange ; bill dark. 



I only saw one Spotted Eagle, which I secured. It came 

 to a grass-fire and perched on a tree just in front of the 

 flames. I recognised it as something fresh, and promptly 

 shot it, though I had no little difficulty in retrieving it. 



This is the first recorded instance of the occurrence of 

 the Spotted Eagle in tropical Africa. The most southern 

 occurrence I can find previous to this is that of one of the 

 large race in Bogosland in Italian Eritrea. 



Aquila rapax. 



Faico rapax Temm. PI. Col. i. 1828, pi. 455 [S. Africa]. 



Aquila rapax C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 214. 



(J imm. Ithanga Hills. 29th September. W ing 492 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill dark, cere yellow ; legs yellow. 



I did not positively identify the Tawny Eagle on the 

 Tsavo, though I saw several brown Eagles at a distance 

 which were quite likely of this species. On the Thika, 

 however, it was not uncommon. It is the only Eagle 

 I ever saw come to carrion. 



Buteo anceps. 



Falco desertorum Daud. Traite, ii. 1800, p. 162 [Cape of 

 Good Hope]. 



Buteo desertorum C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 244. 



Buteo buteo anceps Brehm : Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. ii. 

 p. 1125. 



? . Ithanga Hills. 10th October. Wing 370 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill dark ; legs yellow. 



