19.2 Lieut. R. E. Vaugliau and Staff-Surg. K. H. Jones 



ASTUR CUCULOIDES. 



This bird was obtained once only, at Howlik, on May 6, 

 wlieu, with wings and tail expanded, it was drying itself on 

 the top of a bamboo. Its stomach was full of the remains 

 of frogs. 



ACCIPITER NISUS. 



Sparrow-Hawks are common winter visitors to Hong 

 Kong and the neighbouring coast, as well as to the West 

 River. They appear about the middle of October and leave 

 again about the middle of April. When very cold weather 

 occurs in January and February their numbers seem to 

 increase at Hopg Kong. 



On March 1, one of these birds was seen to dash into a 

 little low bush at the Hong Kong Naval Hospital and snatch 

 a sitting Sparrow from among a dozen others, and make off 

 with it, all in a few seconds. On another occasion, attracted 

 by the light, one flew into a well-lighted ward at the Hong 

 Kong Naval Hospital, and was there cajitured. 



ACCIPITER VIRGATUS. 



The Chinese Sparrow-Hawk has only occurred once, on 

 March 10, at Shiu Hing, near Samshui. 



BUTEO PLUMIPES. 



Buzzards are, in some rare cases, apparently resident, and 

 have been seen in the Kowloon Peninsula and at Hong Kong 

 in May and June, but as a general rule they do not become 

 abundant until about October and November, when numbers 

 arrive for the winter. They are usually solitary or in pairs, 

 and in Hong Kong do not seem to confine themselves to 

 regular tracts of country, as they were noticed to do in some 

 of the rural districts. 



They are never seen quartering over the harbour looking 

 out for garbage, after the fashion of the Black-eared Kite, 

 from which also they ai'e easily distinguished by their 

 rounded tails and mewing cry. 



Aquila chrysaetus. 



Golden Eagles were seen from time to time, usually alone, 

 and most often at Howlik. On one occasion two were observed 



