WHISTLING EAGLE 
I have seen five inhabited nests : one at Mount 
Moriac, two near Grub Lane, one near Torquay, 
and one at Gnarwarre. The last may be taken as 
typical. A large flat mass of sticks, it was firmly 
set in the fork of a huge redgum, at a height of 
80 feet from the ground ; the lining was of green 
gum-leaves, and a few downy feathers adhered in 
places to the sticks. This nest contained only one 
egg, a large dull white one, smeared and stained 
obscurely with reddish brown. More usually the 
clutch is two, sometimes three. The birds circle 
high above the nest when it contains eggs or young. 
In every case I have notes of, the eggs were laid early 
in September. 
At Torquay one or more Whistling Eagles may be 
commonly seen in windy weather sailing along directly 
over the beach, looking out for anything edible which 
may have been thrown up by the sea. 
BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE 
Elanus axillaris axillaris 
In twenty-five years I have seen but two examples 
of this rare and beautiful Hawk in the flesh. In the 
early nineties a bird dashed in a gale against the 
walls of Christ Church, and was picked up badly 
injured. The other occasion was in October, 191 1, 
when, on the evening of a day during which a fierce 
north wind had blown for hours, we saw a Black- 
shouldered Kite perched upon the telegraph-wire 
