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Two young specimens were procured at Sofore Place 

 (male) and at Buluma (female). 



These birds are met with in small famiUes of 3 to 5 

 specimens , keeping in dense but not very high forest. 

 Their flight is very soft and remembers much that of 

 an Owl. 



Iris, cere and feet yellow. 



Haliaetxis ang olensis. 



Falco ang olensis ,1 Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. p. 252. 



Haliaëtus angolensis , Schl. Mus. P.-B. Revue Accip. 

 p. 119. 



Gypohierax ang olensis , Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 1 ; — 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds Br. Mus. I. p. 312. 



Hab. Tropical West and East Africa. 



Adult and young specimens from Bavia (St. Pauls R.) 

 and Grand Cape Mount. 



Very common in the coast regions, as far as open country 

 prevails. On the banks of the St. Pauls R. we have only 

 met with it as far as Bavia, about 30 miles from the 

 coast; at Sofore Place, 30 to 40 miles higher up , we have 

 never seen it. In its habits this bird agrees more with 

 the European H. alhicilla than it does with the Vultures. 

 Its airy is built, like that of Milvus aegyptius, on the 

 highest cotton -trees in the vicinity of the water. This bird 

 feeds generally upon fish , but seems to be very fond of 

 palm-nuts (the fruits of Elaeis guineensis) , as we have 

 found those fruits more than once in the stomach of 

 killed specimens. On account of this peculiarity its flesh is 

 much desired by the natives, who tell it to be »very 

 sweet". 



Iris orange yellow ; bill in old specimens white , in younger 

 ones bluish gray , naked parts of the face orange yellow , 

 feet dirty yellow. 



Notes from the Ijeyden TMuseum , "Vol. VII. 



