. The birds of South Africa. Birds. FALCONID^ HALIAETUS 313 built in a tree on one of the islands in the Orange river, he describes it as white with fine grain and not so pointed as that of a turkey. It also breeds at Knysna and on the Pongola river in Zululand, building a large nest of sticks in a big tree. Mr. John Wood tells me that in the neighbourhood of East London he has found a nest placed in a tree near the river containing two young birds. Mr. Millar has sent me the following account of the habits of this bird near Durban : " The remarkable call of this fine eagle may still be h
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. FALCONID^ HALIAETUS 313 built in a tree on one of the islands in the Orange river, he describes it as white with fine grain and not so pointed as that of a turkey. It also breeds at Knysna and on the Pongola river in Zululand, building a large nest of sticks in a big tree. Mr. John Wood tells me that in the neighbourhood of East London he has found a nest placed in a tree near the river containing two young birds. Mr. Millar has sent me the following account of the habits of this bird near Durban : " The remarkable call of this fine eagle may still be heard at Durban as several pairs frequent the bay and even nest on the ' bluff' slopes facing the Fig. Millar. -Nest of Saliaetus vocifer, from a photograph taken by Mr. A. D- " On August 19, 1899, I discovered a nest on the ' bluff' over- looking the bay which contained one young bird recently hatched and an addled egg. In the nest were remnants of fish in different degrees of putrefaction, giving it an offensive odour. " On August 19, 1900, I visited the same locality and found the birds had built in an adjoining tree, last year's nest having fallen with a portion of the bough which supported it. The new nest was difficult to get at being on a perpendicular Cabbage tree {Cus-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. Fauna of South Africa. London, R. H. Porter
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