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changed very little either in size or plumage from what it 

 was at the age of six months ; in fact, it appeared to attain 

 its full size when about three months old. At that time its 

 upper parts were dark brown, marked with white on the wing- 

 coverts, tail brown barred with a darker shade of the same 

 colour, underparts and legs white, the breast slightly streaked 

 with brown ; the feathers of the head were brown with dark 

 tips, and formed a short crest, which, when surprised or star- 

 tled, the bird had a habit of raising, at the same time moving 

 its head from side to side ; its irides were clear brown, cere 

 and bill bluish black, legs pale yellow, and feathered to the 

 toes. 



Pandion haliaetus (Linn.). The Osprey. 



One November afternoon (very unlike an English one 

 though, the thermometer standing at between 85° and 90° F. 

 in the shade), while snipe-shooting in the Mount-Echo valley, 

 Singapore, I saw two large birds coming towards me; so 

 I crouched down in hopes of a shot. On they came, sailing 

 along about forty yards over the swamp, every now and then 

 swooping down to seize some luckless fish or other prize. 

 When quite close to me one of them suddenly stopped, as if 

 to make sure of its aim, then dashed down at a tremendous 

 pace into a small stream Avhich wound through the valley, 

 and sent the water flying all directions, the next moment 

 rising with something in its claws. This, however, it did 

 not live to enjoy, as my shot brought it down ; and I found 

 I had got a magnificent Osprey, a male, measuring 5 feet 

 8 inches across the wings. 



PoLioAETUs icHTHYAETUs (Horsf.) . The White-tailed Sea- 

 Eagle. 



In January 1877, I shot one of these Eagles, which for 

 some time had frequented a jheel near Saiyong, on the 

 banks of the Perak river. Several days passed before I 

 managed to get a chance at it, as it was generally far out 

 in the middle of the jheel, sitting on a fallen tree which 

 rose a few feet above the surface of the water, in a part 

 devoid of reeds or other covert. 



