Tlie South African Birds of Prey 



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which birds of this species have robbed him of a chicken. 

 This is also my experience and that of others — 

 Claude Taylor, for instance, who gives its principal food 

 as rats and lizards. This bird is called the Witte Sper- 



Photo. from life by R. 11. Ivy.] 



Fig. 5. — Black-winged Kite. 



wel by the Boers, and is slate-grey above, the basal half 

 of the wings being black, and whitish below. 



The Honey Buzzard is a rare migrant, and does not 

 affect us here. 



