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Mr. T. E. Buckley on Birds observed 
Helotarsus ecaudatus (Daud.). 
This seemed to be the commonest Eagle from the Limpopo 
to the Matabili country ; but it was very shy, and I never 
could obtain a specimen. Its flight is very graceful, soaring 
about without much movement of the wings; its black body, 
with the white underneath the wings, and bright red legs, 
make it a very conspicuous object when flying. 
Haliaetus vocieer (Baud.). 
I saw one or two pairs on the Limpopo, when they appeared 
to be breeding; but they were not common; they seem to be 
much more abundant in the Zulu country. 
Milvus migrans (Bodd.) et auctt. recc. 
M. korschun (Gm.), Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. p. 322*. 
Very common through the Bamangwato and Matabili 
country; but it is not until the rainy season that they appear 
in any numbers. We saw an immense quantity one day in 
November, after a heavy shower of rain, together with a few 
Buzzards, feeding on the swarms of young locusts which 
covered the ground. 
Elanus cvEruleus (Desf.). 
Fairly common in Natal. I saw several pairs one day along 
the banks of the Mooi river; but they would not allow of an 
approach within gun-shot. 
Falco biarmicus (Temm.). 
By no means common. One specimen was procured in 
Natal; and I saw another pair one morning in the Transvaal. 
These latter were remarkably tame ; but as I had only a rifle 
with me, I did not fire. 
Tinnunculus rupicola (Daud.). 
Cerchneis rupicola, Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 429f. 
<3 . Biver Tugela, Natal, May 21st, 1873. 
Beak horn-colour; legs yellow; iris dark hazel. 
* [As J. F. Gmelin’s title korschun cannot with certainty be applied to 
this Kite, or any other Hawk, Boddaert’s name, by which the Black Kite 
is known to nearly all modern writers, had best be adhered to.— Ed.] 
t [Mr. Sharpe states that Falco columbarius is the type of Vieillot's 
genus Tinnunculus . This is not necessarily the case, as Falco sparverius 
has equal claim. As Vieillot called both birds Cresserelles, and used Lin- 
