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places , sweeping along the ground in search of mice and 

 small reptiles. 



Iris yellow, cere and legs orange yellow. 



Sp izaetus hellicosus. 



Falco hellicosus, Daud. Traite, II. p. 38 (1800> 



Spizaetus hellicosus, Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 5. — Schl. 

 Mus. P.-B. Revue Accip. p. 59. — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Br. 

 Mus. I. p. 265. 



Hab. South and West Africa. 



Only one young specimen of this beautiful Hawk-Eagle 

 was obtained during my stay at Robertsport, which was 

 told to me was brought alive from the Interior. 



I have never seen this bird in wild state , and as I hardly 

 can suppose that such a large bird might have slipped my 

 attention, there is no doubt of its being very rare in 

 the district we explored. My huntsman Jackson Demery 

 told me he had shot the Hawk-Eagle several times in the 

 Gallinas Country, West of the Manna River. 



Iris, cere and feet yellow. 



Astur m n g r a m m ic u s. 



Falco monogrammicus , Temm. PI. Col. I. pi. 314. 



Astur (Micronisus) monogrammicus, Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. 

 p. 13. 



Astur monogrammicus J Schl. Mus. P.-B. Revue Accip. 

 p. 67. 



Asturinula monogrammica , Sharpe , Cat. Birds Br. Mus. I. 

 p. 275. 



Hab, Western and Eastern Africa. 



One adult female, killed at Buluma, Fisherman Lake. 



A very shy bird, that seldom is met with in open 

 country. 



Iris brown; base of bill and cere orange red; feet red. 



Notes from tlie Leyden IMuseutn , Vol. VII. 



