4 Mr. C. G. Danford on the 



on the wing. They haunted the rocks near the village ; but 

 we could never manage to secure a specimen. On various 

 occasions they passed within a few yards, but in places where, 

 if shot, it would have been impossible to retrieve them. A 

 nest, taken in the interior, which contained a single egg, and 

 was built on the topmost branches of a tall slender tree, ap- 

 peared to belong to this bird. 



14. Aquila chrysaetos (L.). Kara kush (Black bird). 

 Common and resident. Breeds in the mountains and in 



the interior in low ranges of rock, the nests being generally 

 easy to get at. The first nest was taken on the Bulgar dagh, 

 near Jeni keui, March 30th. It was of the usual construc- 

 tion, sparingly lined with green fir twigs, and contained two 

 richly marked eggs. All the other eggs taken were remark- 

 ably poor in colour, some being nearly white. The above 

 Turkish name is applied to all large Raptorial birds. 



15. Aquila mogilnik (Gm.). 



Not common in the mountains, but numerous in the in- 

 terior, where we took a few nests from willows and other 

 trees. The eggs of this species appear to be, as a rule, larger 

 than those of the Golden Eagle, and are decidedly more py- 

 riform. The breeding-time seems to be rather variable, as 

 fresh settings, incubated eggs, and young birds were all ob- 

 tained in the second week of May. At Kaisariyeh a fine old 

 female was brought to us by a man who stated that he had 

 shot the bird off her nest, which was situated in the rocks, 

 and contained two young birds. Some eggs taken from a 

 similar situation, in a district where trees are very scarce, 

 agree perfectly with the identified eggs of the Imperial Eagle. 



16. Aquila n^evia (Gm.). 



Seen frequently in the wooded districts near the Black Sea. 



17. Aquila pennata (Gm.). 



Not uncommon in the interior. A nest, which was built 

 in a high tree of the aspen species, was lined in the usual 

 manner with fresh leaves, though no eggs had been laid by 

 the 5th May. 



