FALCONID.E 



HALIAETUS 



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built in a tree on one of the islands in the Orange river, he 

 describes it as white with fine grain and not so pointed as that ot 

 a turkey. 



It also breeds at Knysna and on the Pongola river in Zululand, 

 building a large nest of sticks in a big tree. Mr. John Wood tells 

 me that in the neighbourhood of East London he has found a nest 

 placed in a tree near the river containing two young birds. 



Mr. Millar has sent me the following account of the habits of 

 this bird near Durban : " The remarkable call of this fine eagle 

 may still be heard at Durban as several pairs frequent the bay and 

 even nest on the ' bluff' slopes facing the town. 



Fig. 103. — Nest of Haliaetus vocifcr, from a photograph taken by Mr. A. D. 

 Millar. 



" On August 19, 1899, I discovered a nest on the ' bluff' over- 

 looking the bay which contained one young bird recently hatched 

 and an addled egg. In the nest were remnants of fish in different 

 degrees of putrefaction, giving it an offensive odour. 



" On August 19, 1900, I visited the same locality and found the 

 birds had built in an adjoining tree, last year's nest having fallen 

 with a portion of the bough which supported it. The new nest 

 was difficult to get at being on a perpendicular Cabbage tree (C'us- 



