KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS II ANDUNGAR. HAND 47. V<> 5. 57 



Lophoaetus occipitalis (l)\rn.). 



RCHW. I, p. 582. 



A specimen was shot not far from Meru borna 81 /i 1911, where it was resting in a 

 solitary tree in a shamba. 



North of Guaso Nyiri in the thornbush-country I saw one day two very bi g Kalles 

 which appeared to be slate-coloured above, and white below. They were very shy so that 

 I could not come within range for them with the rifle but my gunbearer, Kongoni, who 

 had a quite a good knowledge about certain animals said that he knew these big bin Is. 

 They were according to him »kali såna» (= very fierce) and would attack and kill a 

 wounded Grant s gazelle or any animal of that size. I suppose they were Spizaetus bellicosus. 



Aquila rapax (Tem.). 



Rchw. I, p. 587. 



The first specimen of this Eagle was shot the 24th of Dec. in the evening just as it 

 had selected its resting place for the night in the top of a high tree with some dry and 

 naked branches outside Nairobi at the edge of the steppe. It was a big male with the 

 length of the wing measuring 535 mm. Its plumage is dark brown but the head is paler, 

 and the pointed feathers of the neck are broadly margined with tawny yellow, somewhat 

 resembling the colour of the corresponding parts of the Gol den Eagle. The iris was ( 1 9 

 mm) brown, the cere, corner of mouth and feet yellow, the bill and claws black. 



In the steppe country south of Guaso Nyiri and still more in the thornbush country, 

 north of the river mentioned this Eagle was a comparatively common bird, and it used to 

 come to the remains of killed animals and hover round the camps in company with Vul- 

 tures. Several specimens were shot there, mostly young birds in light brown plumage. 



Buteo augur Rttpp. 



Rchw. I, p. 592. 



This beautiful Buzzard is not uncommon in the interiör of British East Africa. A 

 fine specimen was shot on a pasture land not far from Escarpment station 10 /i. It was 

 a female with lower side, and under wing coverts black. Length of wing 445 mm; tail 

 230 mm., bill from cere in a straight line 28,5 mm; iris brownish yellow; cere and feet 

 yellow. Other specimens with the lower side white were observed between Limuru and 

 Kikuyu, and at Nairobi. 



Helotarsus ecaudatus (Daud.). 



Rchw. I, p. 598. 



Although I very often, sometimes daily, had the opportunity of admiring the beauti- 

 ful flight of Bateleur-Eagles I never was within shooting range of such a bird, and only 

 once I saw one perching for a few seconds in the top of a dry tree (near Rooruka river N. 



K. Sv. Vet. Akad. Hanrtl. Band 47. N:o 5. 8 



