178 Major R. Sparrow on Birds 



31. EuTOLMAETUS BELLicosus. Martial Eagle. 



A pair seen on the Sabie River on May 21st, 1904. 



32. Spizaetus cokonatus. Crowned Hawk Eagle. 



A pair o£ Eagles seen near the Olifants River on May 31st, 

 which I am almost sure were o£ this species. 



33. Haliaetus vocifer. Sea Eagle. 



Only seen on the Olifants River on May 29th. 



34. Helotarsus ecauuatus. Bateleur. 



This Eagle was very plentiful between the Inkomati and 

 Olifants Rivers. On June 15th I found a nest in a tall 

 thorn near the Olifants River containing one egg, which I 

 left ; four days later I sent one of the boys to get the eggs 

 as I was leaving the district, and he brought me two tine 

 fresh eggs. Both are of a dirty white ground with a green 

 membrane. One is profusely blotched and spotted, especially 

 at the larger end, with reddish purple, most of the blotches 

 being deep in the shell ; it measures 2^g X 2^^^ in. : the other 

 egg shows very indistinct reddish-purple blotches at the 

 small end only ; it measures 2]^gX2| in. Both these eggs 

 are very much rounded at the small end, whereas the egg of 

 '''' pennatus " is pointed. 



35. Circaetus pectoralis. Black - breasted Harrier 

 Eagle. 



One pair was seen near the Olifants River on June 16th. 

 The " Hlenganis '^ call them " Isiziben.^' 



36. Necrosyrtes pileatus. Hooded Vulture. 



On the 19th June I saw a pair of these birds near the 

 Olifants River. I was particularly struck with the scarcity 

 of Vultures in the districts traversed (no other species was 

 observed), whereas Eagles of all kinds, especially Bateleurs^ 

 were numerous. 



37. Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis. Saddle-bill. 



A solitary bird was seen on the Olifants River on May 31st, 

 1904. 



38. BuTORiDES atricapilla. Green-backed Heron. 



A pair believed to belong to this species was observed on 

 the Sabie River on July 7th. 



