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mavulibles. An exavriinatioii of its claws showed that there was 

 but one (the thinl in each case) on each foot. Tlie other toes 

 were stumps showing tlie metatai'sal bones worn thx'ough, as if 

 tlie bird had frequently tried to seize thinirs with them. The 

 loss of the claws was not of recent date. I kept the bird for 

 twelve hours, but it seemed unable to feed, and in so low a state 

 that I killed it and had the .skin preserved (Saoayo, 31.x. 22). 



I was informed that one of these kites was buildint^ in a palm- 

 tree at Dar es Salaam in November (Dar es Salaam. 3.xii. 22). 



An Unstriped Grass- Rat (A. a. iieiomanni) was found in the 

 stomach of a male, shot to-day (Mtali's, 20.x. 21). 



Two species of worms were found in the stomach of one kite, 

 viz. (i.) Fdlor/enes longicirvhosus (Fuhrm.) and (ii.) Choanokeida 

 iufundibulani var. pfilyorchis Klaotocz (?) (Morogoro, 23. i. 18). 



HiEUA^F/rus AVAiiLBEaoi Sund. 



A single example of Wahlberg's Brown Eagle was collected by 

 the boy, who stated that he shot it when feeding on insects 

 on the ground. It was a male and its sbomach found to be 

 distended with thousands of large yellow ants {Camponotus sp., 

 Ithink)(Kilosa, 4. ii.21). 



In a great nest on the top of a high tree on the banks of the 

 (dry) Shimiyu River was found a downy nestling (31.x. 22). 

 This was removed on the 9th of November, and grew very slowly 

 though it fed well. On 25. xii. 22 I found that one of its legs 

 was broken,, and not knit properly, owing to some carelessness 

 on the part of the native in whose charge it was during my 

 absence. A curious thing was that I never saw the parent bird 

 near the nest, even though I slept in a, neighbouring tree one 

 ni^ht and visited it at the first streak of dawn. Another day I 

 posted my collector to watch, and he said that he saw the old 

 bird circling in the sky above, but ifc did not approach (Sagayo 

 and Kilosa). 



Spizabtus bellicosus Daud. 



An immature male of the Martial Eagle, measuring two 

 feet nine inches from beak to tip of claws, and with a wing 

 expanse of six feet six inches, killed a vulture (N. monarchus) 

 after a fight lasting half an hour which was witnessed by 

 Capt. Turnley, who subsequently shot the eagle. On examining 

 its stomacli I found it to contain the foot of a dove or pigeon and 

 its stomach. On opening this second stomach I found seeds and 

 a number of small white beads (Kilosa, 5. viii. 21). 



EuXOLMAiiTUS SPILOGASTER Bp. 



Just as I shot a Hai-tebeest this bird came sailing overhead 

 and alighted in a tree close by. Its stomach contained indeter- 

 minable rodent remains and a single nematode [Porrocfcxum 

 depressum (Zed,)) (Kipera, 8..ix. 22). . 



