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One pair observed on the grass-farm and another at the Lachi reed-bed 

 in April and May. Probably breeds in the neighbourhood. 



[1207.] Hiekaetus FAseiATUs. Bonelli's Eagle. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xv. p. 352 (Quetta: some breed in the hills) ; 

 Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 728 (not common in Kashmir). 



A fairly common resident, very destructive to game. Mr. Donald, who 

 has trained several of these birds, says that they are most courageous and 

 will hawk anything they are entered to ; but that they are wild and difficult 

 to train, even when taken very early from the nest, and that through want 

 of practice in flying they are usually rather unwieldy ; added to which, 

 owing to their marked partiality for poultry, they are somewhat unsatis- 

 factory from a falconer's point of view. In the wild state they have a bad 

 reputation for pursuing and killing trained Goshawks when they get the 

 chance, and are said to be the worst enemies of the wild Goshawk, they 

 hunt in pairs ; their favourite quarry, if they can be said to have one, is 

 perhaps the Wood-Pigeon, but little comes amiss, and they will snatch up a 

 fowl when opportunity offers, or make off with a wounded duck. 



Watched a pair building in a cleft in a cliff on 17th March. 



[1216.] Cikcaetus gallicus. The Short-toed Eagle. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 728. 



Fairly common in winter, and perhaps resident. 



[1220.] Butastuk, teesa. The White-eyed Buzzard-Eagle. 



711. c? ad. Kohat, 1,760 ft., 19th March. 



A summer visitor, arriving early in March and leaving towards the 

 end of October. Breeds fairly commonly in the Miranzai and Samilzai 

 Valleys. 



[1223. ] Haliaetus leucoryphus. Pallas's Fishing-Eagle. 



Cumming, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 691 (Seistan) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 728 

 (Kashmir). 



Resident and common along the River Indus. Mr. Donald found four 

 pairs nesting there in March. Rare elsewhere ; occasionally seen between 

 Chikarkot and Hangu. 



[1229.] MiLVUS govinda. The Common Pariah Kite. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 344 (Thall: very common) ; Marshall, op. 

 cit. xv. p. 352 (Quetta : common, scarce in winter) ; Rattray, op. cit. xvi. p. 

 642 (common in the Galis) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 729. 



532. $ ad. Peiwar Kotal, 8,000 ft., 25th April. 



A very common resident up to 4,000 ft., occurring up to 8,000 ft. in summer. 

 Major Magrath writes : " The numbers of this species were considerably re- 

 duced in the winter of 1905 by the excessive cold. The unfortunate birds 

 were induced to breed early in January by the mildness of the weather, and 

 had actually commenced to nest when the intense cold, lasting well into 

 March, fell on us." 



