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on like a bull-terrier. We knocked him off with a stick, but after running 
around once or twice he again fixed on the toad and was again beaten off, 
The space under the platform shewed the remains of many toads, soit was 
apparently a habit of this musk-rat to attack and kill toads, I noticed, 
however, that the most edible parts of the toads, at least those parts where 
the meat was, such as the thighs and legs, remained uneaten. Is it possible 
that the musk-rat caught and killed the toad so that he might get for his 
own use the insects that the toad had caught ? 
8, E. PRALL, Magor, IMS, 
No, X.—_SQUIRRELS AND SATBHAIS, 
In front of the house at Baroda, I often observed that the Squirrels, 
who made a wholesome respect for my terriers, used to come down from the 
trees with greater confidence and in greater numbers to feed when there was 
a family of Satbhais feeding on the ground. They seemed to think that 
there was a certain degree of safety from the wiles of the dogs afforded 
them by the watchfulness of the birds. The two dogs used to apply them- 
selves to squirrel-hunting for the greater part of their day and must have 
been a very real danger to the squirrel population, 
S. E. PRALL, Major, Sr M.S. 
No. XI.—SNARING OWLS IN NOOSES. 
In the beginning of the month a female Brown Hawk Owl (N. scutulata) was 
brought me, It had been caught in a noose set near a chaur for ducks. 
Again, on the 27th,a female Short-eared Owl (A. accipitrinus) was brought 
e : it had also been snared at the same place inthe same fashion. It seems 
surprising that nocturnal birds like owls should be caught in this way at 
night, one would have thought that they would steer clear of any snare, 
Cuas. M. INGLIS, 
BaGHOWNIE Fry,, DuURBHANGA, 27th January, 1901. 
No. XII.— OCCURRENCE OF BONELLITS EAGLE AND THE 
GOLDEN-EYE DUCK AT MYINGYAN. 
On the 25th January last { shot an eagle here off its nest and took three 
eggs, 
Col. Bingham has since kindly identified the skin as that of a Bonelli’s 
Eagle (Hieraétus fasciatus), 
The nest was on a large tree, and two of the eggs are faintly spotted, while 
one is spotless. 
In December last, shot a Golden-eye Duck, identified by Major Russell, 
I.M.S., and myself, but unfortunately the bird was stolen from my kit 
coming in, This bird was in a jheel and by itself, not with the other birds. 
K, C. MACDONALD, 
Myineyan, Burma, February, 1901. 
