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later than that species, the eggs not having been got before the 

 middle of April. In a series they are generally of a richer style of 

 marking and colour than those of the other. The nest is built of 

 sticks, lined with rags of burnous, placed in a rock, and commonly 

 supported by a bush. 



[Mr. Salvin's remarks on the nidification of tliis species will be found in 

 'Thelbis/vol. i. p. 184] 



§ SIS. Two.— J) jendeli, Eastern Atlas, 15 May, 1857. From 

 Mr. H. B. Tristram's Collection, 1858. 



From different nests. 



§ 319. One.— Kef Laks, Eastern Atlas, 17 May, 1857. From 

 Mr. W. H. Simpson's Collection, 1858. 



[§ 320. Two.—Kei Laks, Eastern Atlas, 21 April, 1857. From 

 Mr. O. Salvin's Collection. 



From two different nests. Both eggs quite fresh when brought by the Arabs. 

 Mr. Salvin states that " in the neighbourhood of Kef Laks, as lar as we could 

 make out, there were three pairs of Milvus regalis, all of which we could 

 account for. One nest in Gala el Hamara we took; another in the same 

 rock had yovmg, and one nest in Kef Zaroua was inaccessible ; so that I have 

 confidence in all eggs brought from the several rocks which foiiii the edges of 

 the plateau of Kef Laks — the highest of them all. 



To Mr. Salvin's general remarks on the Black Kite I have already referred 

 (§ 317).] 



[§ 321. One.—Kd Boudjato, Eastern Atlas, 22 April, 1857. 

 From Mr. H. B. Tristram's Collection.] 



[§ 322. O^e.— Khifan M'srouten, Eastern Atlas, 24 April, 

 1857. From Mr. H. B. Tristram's Collection. 



From a nest of two eggs taken by Mr. Simpson.] 



[§ 323. One. — Djendeli, Eastern Atlas, 15 May, 1857. From 

 Mr. H. B. Tristram's Collection. 



Mr. Tristram's note states that this specimen was from a nest containing two 



