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on a piue-tree, whence Chibia hottentotta drove one away^ a 

 thing seen to occur on other occasions also. There was no 

 evidence that these Eagles were breeding. 



Mr. J. C. Kershaw, on May 25, for several hours 

 observed four Eagles soaring together and screaming. 



BUTASTUR INDICUS. 



This Buzzard - faced Eagle is a not uncommon winter 

 visitor to some parts of the country, both on the coast and 

 inland. Arriving in September and early October, it remains 

 until April, and during its stay each one confines itself to 

 a special tract of country over which it quarters in search 

 of food, usually fish. 



This species does not often perch in a tree, preferring the 

 paths between the paddy-fields, or the stone walls which 

 shut these off from the river. 



Halia'etus leucogastbr. 



The White-bellied Sea-Eagle is not common, but it does 

 occur on the Kwang-Tung coast and appears to be a resident 

 there. One pair of these birds was watched for four years 

 and found to roam from Macao to Hong Kong, a distance 

 of forty miles. 



On an island about twenty miles from Macao, a nest of 

 this species was found ; it was an immense collection of 

 sticks, among boulders on the hill-side, so situated that no 

 climb was necessary to reach it. The nest measured seven 

 feet by two and a half, and although no part of it could be 

 called a cup, on one portion there was some paddy straw and 

 a few fresh green leaves. In the following year, on March 

 14, two addled eggs were found in it, and the nest now 

 contained many pieces of bamboo, and there was a very flat 

 sort of cup of the flowering tops of certain reeds and an 

 abundance of fresh green leaves. The eggs appeared to 

 have been deserted some time. 



HaLIASTUR INDUS. 



These birds were only observed dui'ing the summer 

 months in the Province of Kwang-Si, where they appeared 

 to take the place of Milvus melanotis. 



