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secure. According to the natives I have questioned^ this 

 Eagle does not do any damage among their flocks or 

 poultry. 



The soft parts of an adult are : — Irides bright yellow ; 

 bill black ; legs and toes dirty white.] 



530. Kaupifalco moxogrammicus. 



P. Coguno, June, Aug. (4) ; Tambarara^ Mch. (1). 



[I first saw this species in the low country of the 

 Northern Transvaal^ but did not secure any specimens ; since 

 then I have only noted it in the Inhambane and Gorongoza 

 districts of Portuguese East Africa. It is usually observed 

 sitting in the trees on the outskirts of the woods and forests^ 

 and when disturbed goes off with a low flight, rising witli an 

 upward sweep to the branches of a tree a few yards away. 

 It is fairly tame and easy of approach. The food usually 

 consists of lizards, scorpions, and grasshoppers, and some- 

 times carrion ; the one shot at Tambarara swooped into my 

 camp, took a piece of baboon meat that was lying on 

 the ground, and was devouring it in a tree close by when I 

 shot it. 



The soft parts of an adult are: — Irides dark blood-orange; 

 bill black ; cere dark orange ; legs and toes tomato-red.] 



531. BUTEO JAKAL. 



CC. Klipfontein, Apl, May, June (-1) ; Tv. Zuurbron, 

 May (1) ; Wakkerstroom, Mch. (1) ; AYoodbush, Dec, 

 Jan. (3). 



[This species has been noted in Namaqualand, the Knysna 

 district, Zululand, the Transvaal, and in the Gorongoza 

 Mountains. In all the southern localities it was commonly 

 found ; a good many were seen at AYcodbush, but only a 

 single pair was observed in the Gorongoza Mts. I have 

 never noticed this Buzzard aw ay from mountainous country. 

 It is usually seen perched on some tree or prominent rock, 

 or soaring in large circles high overhead. Pairs are 

 commonly seen, and the cry is very loud. It often visits 

 kraals and homesteads^ and steals chickens and young 

 ducks. 



