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4. *Accipiter cirrocephalus (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, t. c. 
p. 141. 
Two females, both in immature plumage; one of them 
shot in June is moulting into the adult livery, as one or two 
fresh feathers with cross-bars are showing on the breast. 
Plentiful, but shy and extremely difficult to procure, as 
they fly very high. Iris and feet yellow ; bill black ” {Olive). 
5. Baza subcristata (Gould) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 357. 
Evidently somewhat difficult to procure, though not really 
rare; we have received two adults only, one from Cooktown 
and the other from the neighbourhood of Bellenden Ker. 
Regarding the latter Mr. Olive remarks that the species is 
not uncommon on the margins of the thick scrubs, where it 
is frequently to be seen perching on the loftier branches 
of dead trees, but there is difficulty in getting within 
shooting-distance. Iris yellow; feet bluish white; upper 
mandible black, lower yellowish. 
6. ^Haliastur girrenera (Vieill.); Sharpe, t. c. p. 315. 
A single adult female. 
“ Found singly in forest country near the sea, but not at 
all plentiful : shy, and usually flies at a great elevation. Iris 
brown; feet dirty white; bill slate-grey ” [Olive). 
7. *Haliastur sphenurus (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 316. 
A pair of somewhat immature birds. 
“A carrion-feeder: circles in the air at a great height 
looking for food. Twenty or thirty may be occasionally 
found feeding on a dead beast, some even going inside the 
carcase. I have noticed that they are able to tear up and 
devour their food on the wing. Iris brown; feet whitish ; 
bill blackish slate ” {Olive). 
8. ^Hieracidea orientalis (Schleg.); Sharpe, t. c. p. 422. 
A small series of young and adult birds of both sexes. 
9. *Hieracidea berigora (Vig. & Horsf.) ; Sharpe, t. c. 
p. 421. 
A pair of adult birds. 
It seems strange that this species and the preceding, which 
