300 Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton on the 
grasshoppers, the livers of fowls, and the bodies of any birds 
that I shoot or trap. 
140. Fatco srarmicus. South-African Lanner. 
A few months ago I saw and fired at one of these fine 
Falcons, when a pair were flying overhead on the outskirts 
of Chirinda, but failed to secure it. 
141. Trinnuncovutus rupPicota. South-African Kestrel. 
This is the commonest of our smaller Hawks, and the only 
Kestrel which I have actually shot in the district, though I 
have seen what I took to be 7. nawmanni on various occasions. 
The present species may not infrequently be observed perched 
on a stake or dry tree, sometimes in the centre of a culti- 
vated field. 
142. Baza verReAuxt. Cuckoo Falcon. 
I first shot one of these birds in the neighbourhood of 
Salisbury, but I have in my Gazaland collection a second 
skin, unlabelled, about which I have no clear recollections. 
Presumably I obtained it in the neighbourhood of Mafusi 
some years ago. 
143. Aquita RAPAX. Tawny Eagle. 
In July last I shot a fine female of this species about ten 
miles to the north of Chirinda ; it was sitting on the top of 
a low tree feasting on two full-grown Ravens (Corvultur 
albicollis), which it had just killed, and it allowed the trap 
and mules to get within thirty yards of it without moving. 
Again, at the beginning of this month (March) I saw another 
of these birds at close quarters, perched on a horizontal 
bough; at a little distance was a large flat structure of 
sticks, placed in the fork of a tree, which may have been its 
nest, but I was unfortunately too much pressed for time to 
make my way through the grass-jungle to investigate it. 
144. AquiLa wAHLBERGI. Wahlberg’s Eagle. 
Not uncommon. I have seen it in various parts of the 
district. 
