442 Mr. W. R. Odl vie- Grant on 
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Iris orange-yellow ; bill blacky slaty grey at base ; cere 
and orbit greenisb dusky ; legs and feet pale yellow. 
[I saw the Black- crested Eagle fairly often. It was 
generally sitting at the top of a tree on the look out, and 
was rather hard to shoot. At other times it might be seen 
soaring fairly high. I found two nests with two eggs in 
each ; they were placed in trees and were rather small 
structures of sticks, lined with a few leaves, the eggs being 
covered with some greener leaves. The eggs of this species 
are new to the British Museum Collection. — K. M. H.] 
118. BUTASTUR RUFIPENNIS. 
Butastur rufipennis (Sund.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 320 ; 
Gates, Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. ii. p. 378 (1902). 
a. S • Fashoda. 25th March. No. 177. 
b. ^ . 20 miles N. of Fashoda. 8th April. No. 308. 
c. ? . 20 miles N. of Fashoda. 10th April. No. 310. 
Iris golden yellow ; bill yellow at base, bluish grey at tip ; 
legs and feet yellow. 
[The Bed-winged Goshawk was fairly common south of 
Jebel Ahmed- Agha. It was generally seen sitting on a stick 
or reed on the flats near the river. Now and then it would 
dash at some insect or lizard on the ground and then 
return to its perch. It also, when hunting, soared in smallish 
circles. When above the observer the reddish-brown colour 
was very conspicuous. It makes a very small stick-nest lined 
with a few leaves, measuring about a foot across. The eggs 
are from one to three in number. The eggs of this species 
were not previously represented in the British Museum 
Collection.— B. M. H.] 
119. "^Helotarsus ecaudatus. 
Helotarsus ecaudatus (Daud.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
i. p. 300 (1874) ; Witherby, p. 270 ; Grant, Ibis, 1901, 
p. 294; N. C. Boths. & Wollast. p. 29. 
Helotarsus leuconotus Blip p. ; Sharpe, 1. c. p. 301 (1874). 
[I only saw the Bateleur Eagle on three occasions — once at 
Kowa, once near Kaka, and again near Fashoda. — B. M. H.] 
