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near Sakkara. I never met with this species in Egypt on any 

 other occasion. 



13. Falco sacer, Gmelin. Saker Falcon. 



I should say that this very handsome Falcon is rare in Egypt ; 

 for, with the exception of a fine female obtained near Girgeh 

 on my first visit, I never saw it either alive or dead ; nor did I 

 ever hear of any one else having seen it in Egypt. The legs 

 and feet of the adult are pale yellow, and not blue as they are 

 sometimes represented. 



14. Falco lanarius, L. Launer Falcon. 



Decidedly the most abundant of the large Falcons in Egypt, 

 where it breeds and is resident, I believe, all the year round. 

 In the month of January 1864, I shot three specimens within a 

 short walk of Cairo. 



15. Falco .esalon, L. Merlin. 



Common up to the end of March, but I do not know whether 

 it remains to breed. I noticed the same numerical preponde- 

 rance of male birds as on my first visit, but I did shoot one very 

 fine adult female. 



16. TiNNUNCULUs ALAUDARius, G. R. Gray. Kestrel. 

 Swarms all over the country. I sometimes shot one in hopes 



it might be the Lesser Kestrel, which it never was. 



17. TiNNUNCULUs CENCHRis (Frisch). Lesser Kestrel. 

 With the exception of one male, killed about the end of 



March, I never saw this species in Egypt; but I believe it 

 arrives in great numbers later in the spring, and breeds in the 

 country. 



18. AcciPiTER Nisus (L.). Sparrow-Hawk. 



In Egypt, where this bird is not persecuted as it is in Eng- 

 land, it is comparatively tame and familiar ; and I have often 

 seen it in the city of Cairo, flying about, and perching on the 

 house-tops on the look-out for Sparrows or any other small birds 

 that might come within its reach. It is abundant all the way 

 from Cairo to Assouan, especially frequenting thick groves of 

 acacia. Although generally in pairs, I did not succeed in finding 

 a nest up to the end of March. I shot some old females of 



