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Monkey-eating Eagle of the Philippines. 
Mr. Willoughby Lowe afterwards received a letter from 
Father Llanos, dated Jan. 12th, 1909, saying that at last a 
specimen had been captured alive in Mindanao. It was 
caught in a noose set by natives, a small pig having been 
used as a bait. A second letter, dated May 3rd, 1909, stated 
that the bird was doing well in a large cage and renewing 
its tail-feathers. 
On July 13th this Eagle left Manila for Liverpool in the 
Spanish Mail Steamer 4 Claudio Lopez y Lopez/ and was 
fed on chickens during the voyage; it duly arrived at the 
London Zoological Gardens on the last day of August, 1909. 
The Pithecophaga appeared to do well from the first, 
taking newly-killed pigeons, which it seemed to 
to rabbits or other small mammals. Needless to say, 
monl eys were not available as food. 
O comparing the specimen with a Harpy Eagle in the 
next cage, the points of difference that struck me most were 
the much deeper and narrower bill, longer tail, and smaller 
feet. It reminded me somewhat of a huge Goshawk. 
Mr. Lowe tells me that these birds in a wild state are said 
to utter a loud cry which can be heard at a considerable 
distance ; but the captive specimen was never heard to utter 
lore than a very faint note. 
On the 8th of February, 1910, this Eagle refused its food 
r the first time, and on the following day looked decidedly 
out of sorts,” though it was impossible to determine what 
was wrong with it. It died three days later, the post 
mortem revealing tuberculosis as the cause of death. 
The atmosphere of London must be so very different from 
the pure air of the mountainous regions where this species 
has its home, that perhaps it is not surprising that it should 
be susceptible to a disease which is all too prevalent in large 
towns ; but the loss of this fine bird, the first of its kind to 
reach any Zoological Garden, is very much to be regretted. 
It is satisfactory to know that the specimen, which proved to 
he a female, has been well mounted by Rowland Ward and is 
now exhibited in the Natural History Museum. 
Mr. Gronvold's excellent drawing from life (Plate IV.) 
ser. ix.— VOL. iv. u 
