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reptiles, while small mammals, birds, frogs, fish, crabs, and insects are 
also devoured. Another Oriental genus is represented by the Grey- 
faced Buzzard-Eagle (Butastur indicus) (916) ; and the Bateleur Eagle 
(Helotarsus ecaudatus) (911), which is placed next it, is a peculiar short- 
tailed African form, and with its fiery-red face and feet is one of the 
handsomest Birds of Prey. 
Next come the grand Sea-Eagles (Haliaétus), which are fully 
represented by no fewer than five species. The White-tailed Sea-Hagle 
or Erne (H. albicillus) (918), a few pairs of which still breed in the 
British Isles, is also an autumn- and winter-visitor to our coasts; the 
White-headed or Bald Sea-Eagle (H. leucocephalus) (919) is the North 
American representative form, and the handsomest of all is perhaps 
the Vociferous Sea-Eagle (H. vocifer) (920) from Africa. Few kinds 
of fish, flesh, fowl, or carrion come amiss to these birds. In the large 
central Case a very fine series of Steller’s Sea-Eagle (H. pelagicus) 
(922) [ Pl. XV.] is exhibited; the adult male, with the pure white 
shoulders and tail, is an unusually light-coloured specimen of its kind 
and no doubt a very old bird. 
In this Case are placed the Kites and Honey-Buzzards : commencing 
on the floor we find the handsome chestnut and white Brahminy Kites 
(Haliastur) (928, 924), the lovely Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides fur- 
catus) (925) from America, and the Common and Black Kites ( Milvus 
milvus aud M. korschun) (926,927). Though once a common bird in 
Great Britain, only a few pairs of the Common Kite or “ Gled ” have 
escaped destruction and nest in this country at the present time; 
the Black Kite has occurred twice as an accidental straggler to our 
shores. 
Baza subcristata (928) represents the rather large genus of Cuckoo- 
Falcons, extending from India through the Malay Peninsula to 
Australia, Madagascar, and Africa. They are all rare birds, and 
are remarkable in having two “teeth” in the upper mandible. Next 
to it, will be seen Swainson’s Kite (Gampsonyx swainsoni) (929), a 
beautifully marked diminutive form from Central and South America, 
the curious Hook-billed Kites (ZLeptodon) (980), their slender-billed 
ally (Rostrhamus leucopygus) (932), and the handsome Lead-coloured 
Falcon (Ictinia plumbea) (933), all from the same continent. After the 
Square-tailed species (Lophoictiniaisura) (934) from Australia, we come 
to the Black-shouldered Kite (#/anus) ; aspecimen of #. ceruleus (936) 
is said to have been obtained in Ireland in 1862, but the evidence 
appears to be insutlicient. Lastly the curious South-American Double- 
toothed Faleon (Harpagus bidentatus) (981), which resembles the 
Cuckoo-Falcons (Baza) in having the upper mandible doubly notched, 
is worthy of special notice. 
