46 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
Monteiro, the editor was induced to accept from Mr. Keulemans an 
apparently circumstantial account of its breeding in the Cape Verde 
Islands. Hearing from many reliable authorities that only the 
common Neophron perenopterus was found in these islands, the 
editor has repeated his enquiries of Mr. Keulemans as to his being 
sure of the identification of the species, and he has lately admitted 
that he believes the account of the breeding-habits refer to N. per- 
enopterus and not to G. angolensis. Much as he regrets the publi- 
cation of these notes, the editor believes that any one would have 
followed his example in accepting such a detailed account of the 
breeding of this rare species. The following description is from the 
Museum “ Catalogue.” 
Adult male.x—General colour white, the following parts black: 
scapulars except the very highest, which are mottled with white ; 
quills, the primaries for the most part white, excepting the tips 
which are black, and the outer web which is more or less mottled 
with black, the inner web less so; tail black with a very broad white 
tip forming a terminal band; all the rest of the body white; head 
slightly crested ; cere grey; bare skin of face flesh-colour ; feet rosy 
flesh-colour ; iris light yellow. Total length, 23 inches; culmen, 2°5 
wing, 17:2; tail, 8°8; tarsus, 3°35. 
Adult female.—Similar to male, but larger. Total length, 24°5 
inches; culmen, 2°7; wing, 17:0; tail, 9°5; tarsus, 3°5. 
The young bird is brown, resembling in general appearance the 
immature Egyptian Vulture. 
Fig. Wolf, Zool. Sketches, pl. 38. 
40, HAattarrus vocirer. African Sea-EKagle. 
This fine Sea-Eagle is found generally in pairs, frequenting the 
embouchures of rivers, lakes, and other parts of the colony, where 
wood and water afford a congenial home. 
Le Vaillant procured it on the Orange River. Mr. Chapman 
brought it from the Zambesi, and we saw it as far North as Fazy. It 
is common at the Knysna, forming an enormous nest of sticks and 
rubbish. Victorin also appears to have met with it in great numbers 
at the latter place. Mr. Rickard notes it from East London where 
it is called the “ Rock-Eagle.” He writes: “A pair or two are 
generally seen near the mouth of the Buffalo: they are said to breed 
in the large Euphorbie on the river banks,” 
