100 FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



202. Aquila rapax. (Temm. PI. Col. livr. 76, pi. 455.) Tawny 

 Eagle. 



The Tawny Eagle is not uncommon in Palestine, chiefly in the 

 wooded and inhabited districts. It breeds in cliffs, and is in the habit of 

 plundering other birds of their booty. Palestine is the extreme Eastern 

 limit of its range, it being an essentially African species, through the 

 whole of which continent it is found, from Barbary to the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



203. Aqiiila pennata. (Gmel. Syst. Nat. i., p. 272.) Booted 

 Eagle. 



This, the smallest of our Eagles, occurs, but not commonly, in Pales- 

 tine. It appears to be confined to the wooded region of Galilee and 

 Phoenicia, and to the Lebanon, where we frequently met with it. 



It is found throughout Africa, in Southern Europe, and in Southern 

 Asia as far as India and Ceylon. 



204. Aqiiila nipalensis. Hodgs. Asiat. Res. xviii., pt. 2, p. 13. 

 Steppe Eagle. 



One specimen of this Eagle in Beyrout was procured on the Lebanon. 

 But it is probably not uncommon, but confounded with its congeners. 



Its range comprises South-eastern Europe, Southern Siberia and 

 India. 



205. Aquila bonelli. (Temm. PI. Col. i., pi. 288.) Bonelli's 

 Eagle. 



This active and beautifully marked Eagle is not uncommon in the 

 Wadys and rocky terraces of Central Palestine, but appears to avoid 

 the plains. It breeds in the ravines running up from the Plain of Gen- 

 nesaret. Its general behaviour and habits are more like those of a Falcon 

 than an Eagle. 



Bonelli's Eagle is an Inhabitant of warm and temperate climates, being 

 found in Southern Europe, Northern and Central Africa, and ranging 

 eastward to India. But it does not occur in China, nor in Africa south 

 of the Equator. 



