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pretty, dainty little bird (not a foot long) in its bright colour- 

 ing of soft grey, chestnut-red and white. It is practically 

 harmless, subsisting chiefly upon inserts and small birds. 

 Our photograph is from a mounted specimen in the Transvaal 

 Museum, collected at Wblmaransstad by Mr. A Roberts. 



Fig. 50.— Pigmy Falcon. (From a mounted specimen.) 



EAGLES 



The next group is the Eagles, the first representative of 

 which is the powerful Black Eagle (Aquila verreauxi), called 

 by the Boers the Dassievanger (dassie-catcher) from its 



