296 ZOOLOOT. 



Eagles frequently collected about carcases in company 

 with Vultures, Neophrons, and Crows. 

 I add measurements of two specimens : — 



15. Helotarsus ecaudatus, Daud. 



Falco ecaudatus, Daud. Traits Comp. d'Ornith. ii. 54. 



Helotarsus ecaudatus et leuconotus, Kiipp. Syst. Uebers. 23, 23a. — 

 Lefebvre, p. 66.— Atlas, pi. 2 ( jim.). — Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 35 

 and 36.— Brehm, Habesch, No. 10.— Heugl. Om. N. 0. A£r. 

 No. 50. 



Iris brown ; cere (large) and lores Indian red, with 

 some yellow around and above the nostrils ; bill deep 

 yellow ; tip dusky ; legs mottled pale Indian red and 

 yeUow, claws dusky. 



By no means a common bird in Abyssinia : I only 

 killed one which was flying over me, in the Anseba 

 vaUey. Mr. Jesse shot a second on the ground near our 

 camp. Another specimen, which was shot at Mayen, 

 was given to me by Captain Sturt of the Transport 

 Train. I occasionally saw birds of this species, especially 

 about Senaf^, soaring at a great height, their pointed 

 wings and extremely short tail rendering them no less 

 conspicuous than the contrast between the white under^ 

 side of the wings and the black body. The flight is 

 superb, more like that of a vulture than of an eagle, 

 as the head sweeps ajong with motionless wings, oc- 

 casionally high up in the air, but more frequently at 



