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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. Elhott’s “Notes” I extract the follow- 
ing:—‘The Wokhab 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 thor- 
oughly 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 
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