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CASSKI.I.'S IKJi >K OF lilRDS. 



Soudan that these beautiful birds are seen in their full glory, and, as they perch side by side among 

 the foliage, afford a spectacle that cannot fail to rivet the traveller's attention, even should he have 

 been long accustomed to the wonders of the African continent. In its life and habits this species 

 resembles its congeners. It lives in pairs, each couple occupying a certain district, usually about half a 

 mile in extent; over this they range from early morning till noon, when they rise into the air and enter- 





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THE WHITE-HEADED SEA EAGLE {Haliaelos leztcoceplialus) 



tain themselves with a variety of evolutions, meanwhile uttering yells that can be heard at a consider- 

 able distance. During the afternoon and evening, they sit side by side upon the branch of a tree 

 occasionally bowing their heads, spreading their tails like a fan over the extremities of their wings, 

 and screaming loudly should any strange object appear. Each couple has a favourite resting-place, 

 to which they resort with unfailing regularity. At night they prefer to seek shelter in the inmost 

 recesses of their leafy retreats. We found these birds so entirely without fear at the approach of 

 . man as to allow a shot to whistle past them without any indication of alarm : nevertheless, Le 



