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Birds of Kohat and Kurram. 
Laclii reecl-bed in April and May. Probably breeds in the 
neighbourhood. 
[1207.] Hieraetus fasciatus. Bonelli's Eagle. 
Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xv. p. 352 (Quetta : some breed 
in the hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 728 (not common in 
Kashmir). 
A fairly common resident, very destructive to game. 
Mr. Donald, who has trained several of these birds, says that 
they are most courageous and will hawk anything they are 
entered to ; but that they are wild and difficult to train, even 
when taken very early from the nest, and that through 
want of practice in flying they are usually rather un wieldly; 
added to which, owing to their marked partiality for poultry, 
they are somewhat unsatisfactory from a falconer's point 
of view. In the wild state they have a bad reputation for 
pursuing and killing trained Goshawks when they get the 
chance, and are said to be the worst enemies of the wild 
Goshawk. They hunt in pairs ; their favourite quarry, if 
they can be said to have one, is perhaps the Wood-Pigeon, 
but little comes amiss, and they will snatch up a fowl when 
opportunity offers, or make off’ with a wounded duck. 
[1216,] Circaetus gallicus. The Short-toed Eagle. 
Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 728. 
Fairly common in winter, and perhaps resident. 
[1220.] Butastur teesa. The White-eyed Buzzard- 
Eagle. 
711. d ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 19th March. 
A summer visitor, arriving early in March and leaving 
towards the end of October. Breeds fairly commonly in the 
Miranzai and Samilzai Valleys. 
[1223.] Haliaetus leucoryphus. Pallas's Fishing- 
Eagle. 
Gumming, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 691 (Seistan); Ward, 
op. cit. xvii. p. 728 (Kashmir). 
Resident and common along the River Indus. Mr. Donald 
found four pairs nesting there in March. Rare elsewhere; 
occasionally seen between Chikarkot and Hangu. 
