1920.] Birds of North- East Chlhli. 9l5 



taking its clescri})tion and ineasureiiients released it. It was 

 ill the deep purplish hrowii and spotted plumage of the 

 immature bird. Tlie iris was dark brown, the cere and 

 feet yellow, the bill leaden-blue tipped darker; the wing 

 laeasured 19'4 in. I saw another on the 12th of October, 

 lyi3_, at the marshes, and shot, but failed to secure, 

 what was presumably a third example on the 16th of 

 September, 1915. 



164. Butastur indicus (Gm.). 



Butastur indicus U. & 0. p. 18; La T. p. 577. 



My collectors saw the Grey-faced Buzzard-Hawk in 

 1913, on the 2nd and 7th of May. I believe that 1 saw 

 one migrating along the dunes by the seashore on the 

 20th of September, 1914. Pere David says that it breeds 

 iu the mountains near Peking. 



165. Haliaetus albicilla (L.). 

 Haliaetus albicilla D. & O. p. 12. 



The White-tailed Sea-Eagle is a common migrant in 

 spring and autumn. I have an immature bird shot on the 

 6th or 7th of March and an adult female example shot 

 outside the Great Wall towards the middle of December, 

 1915, so that some probably winter in north-east Chihli. 

 The measurements of this bird are: Total length 33*6 in, ; 

 wing 26*5 in. Bill, cere, and legs yellow. 



The local hawk-catchers use this Eagle as a decoy, pegging 

 the bird down at their nets. The owner of two of these 

 birds told nie that he fed them iu summer on fish and in 

 winter on puppy dogs I 



166. Milvus melanotis T. & S. 



Milvus mt'laiiotis D. & O. p. 16; La T. p. 577. 



An imporrant migration of the Black-eared Kite goes on 

 during s])ring and especially in the autumn. My earliest 

 spring record is tlie 23rd of February, 1913, when I saw 

 one flying up the coast, but the bulk of the migrants pass iu 

 April. The autumn pass;ige goes on througliout September 

 and until the middle of October. Numbers of these birds 

 are taken at this season by the hawk-catchers. Those wliich 



