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hares, as I have ascertained in one or two instances 

 from the contents of their stomachs, and other game, 

 also rats, lizards, snakes, and insects; occasionally also 

 pounce on an unwary bird, and in fact feed upon almost 

 any kind of food, living or dead, which, however, they 

 obtain perhaps less by their own industry than by 

 robbing other birds — kites, falcons, and other birds of 

 prey. From Mr. Elliott's "Notes" I extract the follow- 

 ing: — 'The vVokhab is very troublesome in hawking 

 after the sun becomes hot, mistaking the jesses for some 

 kind of prey, and pouncing on the falcon to seize it. 

 I have once or twice nearly lost shaheens in consequence, 

 they flying to great distances from fear of the Wokhab. 

 A specimen I possessed alive was not very particular 

 as to its food. It frequently snatched morsels from a 

 Golden Eagle I kept with it, to which the latter in 

 general quietly submitted; it is a very noisy bird, 

 frequently uttering a shrill scream, and has a great 

 share of curiosity, walking up to and carefully and tho- 

 roughly examining every new-comer I place in the same 

 apartment. It is apparently a very easily-domesticated 

 bird, and perhaps might be taught to hunt hares, etc' " 



Mr. Gurney also writes to me about this bird as 

 follows: — "Mr. Ayres sent me a specimen from Natal, 

 who writes that a hawk had seized a fowl and was 

 carrying it off, when a Tawny Eagle gave chase, 

 apparently for the purpose of plundering it of its prey. 

 The hawk took refuge in the "bush," and the Eagle 

 being thus disappointed, was flying over the bush when 

 Mr. Ayres shot it. M. Favier, of Tangiers, sent me a 

 specimen from that locality. He states that it nests 

 there on the tops of high trees, and lays two eggs, of 

 which only one is hatched. 



The Indian specimens of this Eagle are generally 



