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Bonelli's eagle (Pseudaetus bonelli). Young male received from 



Malaga. 



July \2th. Marbled duck (cf. antea), long lame and ailing, died. 

 Was a female by dissection, and despatched to Bowdler Sharpe at South 

 Kensington. 



Booted eagle (Aquila pennata), in bad condition, received from 

 Jamrach. 



July i$th. Egyptian eagle owl (Bubo ascalaphus) received from a 

 Mr. Weeks, of Cheswardine, near Market Drayton, who says that it was 

 captured at Luxor. 



Common bittern (cf. antea). Three eggs all proved rotten. 



July i$th. Japanese kite (Milvus melanotis?} received from E. 

 Marshall. 



Owl from Japan (Scops sp. ?), id. 



July 2$th. Two great blue herons (Ardect herodlas} sent on 

 approval by Cross ; returned. 



Two caracaras (Polybonti brasiliensis) from Uruguay, received from 

 O. V. Aplin. 



Pileated jay (Cyanocorax pileatus), id. 



Four long-eared owls (Asio otus) received from Mr. Adams, of 

 Cockley Cley, West Norfolk. 



August ist. Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) (cf. antea). Killed by 

 white-bellied sea eagle (Haliaetus leucogaster\ through the bars of the 

 compartment in eagle yard. 



August znd. Redshank (Totanus calidris) received from F. Dyer 

 of Ramsgate. 



Three black woodpeckers (Picus martius) received from Jamrach. 



One Montagu's harrier (Circus aneraceus\ melanic variety, received 

 from Mons. P. A. Pichot, of Paris, with four others of the same species 

 of ordinary type, which I left at Zoological Gardens. In the individual 

 above noticed the whole of the plumage is of a uniform very deep brown, 

 almost black, the irides of the same colour. I believe that all this lot 

 of harriers were taken from nests in northern France. 



One honey buzzard (Perm's apivorus), white mottled variety, received 

 from Mons. Pichot (as above). This bird was still unable to fly, and 



