72 Mr. W. Jesse on the 



common. I have never found the nest, but one from which 

 an egg had been taken in April was shown to me, and I 

 fancy that it may have belonged to this species. It was in a 

 babool-tree. 



As Reid has remarked, this species is much more sluggish 

 and easy to approach during the middle of the day. 



No, 1217. Spilornis cheela. Crested Serpent-Eagle. 



Common during the cold weather, after which it leaves 

 for the hills or the sub-montane districts. During the day 

 it conceals itself more or less in some tree, much after the 

 fashion of the Honey-Buzzard, but in the mornings and 

 evenings it is often to be seen sailing high in the air. It 

 seems to prefer the more wooded localities, but I once came 

 across the bird feeding on something — I could not see what — 

 on a bund by the side of a jheel. 



No. 1220. Butastur teesa. White-eyed Buzzard-Eagle. 



Teesa [H.]. Rat-Hawk [? Martiniere boys]. 



A common and permanent resident, yet, curiously enough, 

 I have never found its nest, and have only once had it 

 reported. The eggs, which are skim-milk colour, are 

 common enough, I am told, in the Hardoi and Shajahanpur 

 districts. It is frequently to be seen hawking over "usar'' 

 plains, singly or in pairs, or sitting on a bit of dried kunkcr. 

 Telegraph-posts are also favourite perches. 



No. 1.223. Haliaetus leucoryphus. Pallas's Fishing- 

 Eagle. 



Chatangal, Macharang, Mardum, Machakool [II.]. 



This fine Eagle is a common and permanent rasident, and 

 almost every jheel of any size is tenanted by one or two 

 pairs. Reid considered it to be anything but a Fishing- 

 Eagle. "It seldom, as a rule, attemps to catch the finny 

 trihe, but acts the part of a pirate in robbing the Osprey, 

 Kites, Marsh -Harriers, &c, of their prey, while sportsmen 

 recognise it as the poacher which never loses an opportunity 

 of carrying oft' a dead or wounded Duck, often from under 

 their very noses. It will feed on almost anything — birds, 



