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me on the 15th of May at Massara, and dug its claws into 

 my hand in a way I shall not forget. The second was killed 

 three days afterwards at Bibbeh. Several others were seen. 

 My father has examined the birds, and has compared one 

 of them with the series of Btitco fa^ox in the Norwich 

 Museum. He thinks it can always be distinguished from 

 that species by its smaller size. The one I shot was 18 

 inches long; the wing 14; the tarsus 2.7. The iris was dull 

 yellow. In the other specimen it was, according to a note 

 by Mr. Hughes, bluish black. On this point see some re- 

 marks by my father in Bree's "Birds of Europe" (I., p. 99). 

 The first bird was much the more rufous of the two; the 

 thighs in particular were very red. The middle tail feathers 

 were so abraded that little was left but the shaft. There 

 was already in the Norwich Museum a specimen from 

 Rosetta, received from M. Panzudaki of Paris.* 



23. Long-legged Buzzard, Butco ferox (S. G. Gmelin) ; 

 " Garrah," i.e. one that wounds. 



The year 1875 was not favourable for the observation of 

 this species. We certainly did not see many, and shot 

 none. It is said that they are sometimes common. 



■)f 24. Honey Buzzard, Pemis apivorics (Linn.). 



A fine adult male was shot by Mr. Russell in a grove at 

 Bibbeh, where it may have been nesting. May 20th. Length 

 22 inches ; expanse 43. I believe this is the first authentic 

 instance of its occurrence in Egypt. 



® Some time ago Mr. Gould lent me a specimen killed at Everley in 

 Wiltshire in 1864. From a comparison with nine skins sent up from 

 the Norwich Museum, my father was quite satisfied of its being correctly 

 named. 



