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we killed near the same place had frogs and fish in his throat :; he was 
sitting by the river, close to the water’s edge, evidently fishing. 
Mr. Artlepp writes (July, 1868) : “A few weeks ago, a pair darted 
down on a flock of merino ewes and lambs, and only flew off after 
having despatched forty of the latter! At the time this happened, 
the sheep were in charge of a small bush-boy in a secluded kloof, 
far away from the homestead. They quite disregarded the boy, and 
were only put to flight when the unfortunate owner made his 
appearance with a gun.” 
General colour rufous-brown; tail and wing feathers dark-brown ; 
the former tipt with rufous. Eyebrow and hairs covering the space 
between the eye and the bill very dark brown, almost black ; from 
the angle of mouth on each side of chin, a dark rufous patch. Bill 
black ; cere and toes yellow; irides the same. Legs feathered to 
the toes. Length, 2’ 8”; wing, 1’ 11”; tail, 12}”. 
Mr. Gurney observes :—“The great peculiarity in the adult of 
this Eagle is that most of its feathers are parti-coloared—a portion 
of the feather being rich rufous and the remainder dark purplish 
brown. 
«This peculiarity does not exist in the plumage of the young bird, 
which is also much paler than that of the adult. Andersson says that 
the iris in adults is pale yellow freckled with brown, and in immature 
birds brown—a young specimen killed by Ayres had the iris light 
brown.” 
Fig. Lilford, Ibis, 1865, pl. 5. 
31. AQUILA WAHLBERG. Wahlberg’s Eagle. 
This species was first discovered by Wahlberg in Caffraria, but 
only one example has ever fallen under our notice, having been 
obtained at Kuruman by our friend, Dr. Exton. Senor Anchieta 
has, however, met with it very plentifully at Huilla in Mossamedes, 
and also at Humbe, on the river Cunéné. 
Exton’s specimen was throughout of a dark coffee-brown, varie- 
gated on the crown of the head, with light brown, wing and tail 
feathers shot with purple; legs, feathered to the toes; head, with a 
slight occipital crest. Length, 24”; wing, 17”; tail, 10” 2’’’. 
Fig. Gurney, Trans, Zool. Soe. Vol. iv. pl. 77. 
