368 Lieut. H. R. Kelham on 



Its head and neck were grey, upper parts brown, irides 

 dull yellow, tail white with a broad black bar. 



Haliaetus leucogaster (Gm.), 



The Grey Sea-Eagle is common round the southern coasts 

 of the peninsula, particularly at the mouths of the rivers, 

 where I often used to see it sitting on the fishing-stakes. 



I found it very plentiful about the mud-flats at the entrance 

 to the Larut river. An officer of my regiment, stationed at 

 Penang, tells me it breeds there, making a large nest near 

 the tops of high trees. 



Circus ^eruginosus, Linn. The Marsh-Harrier. 



During November, while shooting Snipe near Bukit Miniak, 

 Province Wellesley, I shot a Marsh-Harrier as it was quar- 

 tering over the paddy-swaraps ; it was a young bird, with 

 the irides brown instead of yellow as in the adult. 



Circus cineraceus, Montagu. Montagu's Harrier. 



In August 1877, while travelling down the Moar river, 

 and when within about thirty miles of its mouth, one of our 

 party shot a Harrier as it flew over our boat. Besides being 

 much knocked about by the shot, it fell into the water, and 

 was such a draggled mass of feathers when we picked it out 

 that I did not think it worth preserving. I also unfortunately 

 neglected to write down a more acurate description of it than 

 that it was a Harrier of ashy grey plumage, vent and thighs 

 white, irides yellow, length from 18 to 20 inches; still, pro- 

 bably, it was C. cineraceus. 



Haliastur INDUS (Bodd.) . 



The Brahminy Kite is common throughout the Straits 

 Settlements, particularly about the harbours, where it may be 

 seen in considerable numbers picking up the refuse from 

 the ships. 



I found them plentiful in Perak. At Kwala Kangsar, in 

 company with the Crows, they used to collect at the place 

 where all the off'al from our camp was deposited, and carry 

 ofi" any filth they could find, often chasing the Crows and 

 making them drop any particularly dainty morsel, which was 



