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changed very little either in size or plumage from what it was at 
the age of six months; in fact, it appeared to attain its full size 
when about three months old. At that time its upper parts were 
dark brown, marked with white on the wingcoverts, tail brown 
barred with a darker shade of the same colour, underparts and 
legs white, the breast slightly streaked with brown; the feathers 
of the head were brown with dark tips, and formed a short crest, 
which, when surprised or startled, the bird had a habit of raising, 
at the same time moving its head from side to side; its irides were 
clear brown, cere and bill bluish black, legs pale yellow, and 
feathered to the toes. 
PANDION HALIAETUs (Linn.). The Osprey. 
One November afternoon (very unlike an English one though, 
the thermometer standing at between 85° and 90° F. in the 
shade), while snipe-shooting in the Mount-Echo valley, Singapore, 
I saw two large birds coming towards me; so I crouched down in 
hopes of a shot. On they came, sailing along about forty yards 
over the swamp, every now and then swooping down to seize some 
luckless fish or other prize. When quite close to me one of them 
suddenly stopped, as if to make sure of its aim, then dashed down 
at a tremendous pace into a small stream which wound through 
the valley, and sent the water flying all directions, the next moment 
rising with something in its claws. This, however, it didnot live 
to enjoy, as my shot brought it down; and I found I had gota 
magnificent Osprey, a male, measuring 5 feet 8 inches across the 
wings. 
PoLIOAETUS ICHTHYAETUS (Horsf.). The White-tailed Sea-Hagle. 
In January, 1877, I shot one of these Eagles, which for some 
time had frequented a jheel near Saiyong, on the banks of the 
Peérak river. Several days passed before I managed to get a chance 
at it, as it was generally far out in the middle of the jheel, sitting 
on a fallen tree which rose a few feet above the surface of the 
water, in a part devoid of reeds or other covert. | 
Its head and neck were grey, upper parts brown, irides dull 
yellow, tail white with a broad black bar. 
HALIAETUS LEUCOGASTER (Gm.). 
The Grey Sea-Hagle is common round the southern coasts of 
