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Birds of North-west Fohlden. 
had :—-Iris yellow; bill livid greenish yellow; legs greenish 
grey. Total length 6*2 inches. 
-f 154. Spizaetus nipalensis (Hodgs.). 
Two examples of this species were shot by our men in 
December 1895 near Shao-wu-fu. 
Eagles are not uncommon about Kuatun, but it is even 
more difficult there than elsewhere to get at them, and they 
are seldom seen at quarters close enough to recognize the 
species. 
One swooped down on some of the village chickens just 
under our windows while we were at tiffin one day, but flew 
away before we could realize what had happened. 
^155. Butastur indices (Gm.). 
A young bird was shot on the 26th April, 1898, at Kuatun. 
It was one of a party of three, so the hunter told me. 
This bird has a great deal of white about the head; the 
forehead, a wide superciliary mark, and a large patch behind 
the eye being white. It is a female, with ovaries developing. 
The stomach contained a large grasshopper, a grub, and the 
remains of a large beetle ( Carabus coslestis ?). The soft 
parts were as follows :—Iris yellow ; eyelids orange-yellow ; 
cere and gape orange-yellow ; mouth flesh-coloured; bill 
black, with half of lower mandible and base of upper man¬ 
dible dull orange; legs yellow. Total length 17 inches, 
wing 12'5, tail 7*9, tarsus 2*4. 
rj" 156. Astur soloensis Horsf. 
I have an adult male from Foochow, and another adult 
male was shot by one of the hunters close to Kuatun on the 
21st April, 1898. We saw one at the latter place pounce 
on one of a flock of Yuhina pallida under our windows. It 
remained for a few seconds on the ground, then flew back to 
the forest with its prey. 
The soft parts of the bird shot on the 21st April, 1898, 
are as follows :—Iris dark crimson; bill blackish towards 
the point, bluish at the base; cere orange; legs orange- 
yellow ; claws flesh-colour. Total length 12 inches. 
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