from Efulen in Camaroon. 599 



9. LOPHOTRIORCHIS LUCANI. 



Lophotriorchis lucani Sharpe & Bouvier ; Sharpe, antea, 

 p. 102. 



" This seems to be also a forest-bird. The specimen sent 

 had in its stomach the hair, bones, teeth, and claws of a 

 little squirrel, probably Sciurus poensis." 



10. Spizaetus coronatus. 



Spizaetus coronatus (L.) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, i. 

 p. 576 (1901) ; Sharpe, antea, p. 102. 



No. 229. Ad. Efulen, Nov. 6, 1903. « NdoeV 

 "The most thoroughly forest-species of the Accipitres is 

 the ' king of the birds ' of this forest country, the Spizaetus 

 coronatus or ' NdoeV Its favourite nesting-places are said to 

 be the inaccessible cliffs on the wooded hill-sides. It certainly 

 avoids clearings and the vicinity of villages, for it is never 

 seen except by hunters in the forest, and by them not often. 

 One of my two specimens was obtained by a man who found 

 in the forest half the carcass of a Hyrax (Procavia dorsalis) 

 that had been left by the bird. He baited a trap with that, 

 and caught the Eagle when it returned to finish its meal. 

 The other specimen was shot in the forest, but its stomach 

 was empty. Once a half-grown monkey (Cercopithecus 

 cephus) was brought to me alive — though it soon died — with 

 a wound on the top of its head. It was picked up where 

 it had been left wounded — so the natives said — by a 

 « NdoeV " 



11. LoPFOAETUS OCCIPITALIS. 



Lophoaetus occipitalis (Daud.) ; Reichenow, J. f. O. 1891, 

 p. 31, 1896, p. 7; id. Vog. Afrikas, i. p. 582 (1901); 

 Sharpe, Hand-1. i. p. 264 (1899). 



No. 445. <$ ad. Efulen, April 14, 1904. « Abayek" 

 Mr. Bates sends the following note on this Crested Eagle : — 

 " This fine plumed knight never hides himself in the 

 wilderness, but loves to perch in the trees on the outskirts 

 of clearings, where he can see and be seen. Though not 

 averse to being seen and admired, he generally knows 

 enough to keep away from a man with a gun. But one bird 



