Capt. G. E. Shelley on Egyptian Ornithulagy. 41 



9. Aquila n^via (Gm.). Spotted Eagle. 



In winter this Eagle is very abundant in Egypt, which appears 

 to be its favourite quarters at that season ; but I believe it does 

 not remain there to breed. 



10. Aquila pennata (Gm.). Booted Eagle. 



In 1868 I first met with this bird, in the Acacia woods near 

 Benisooef, toward the end of March, where we killed three and 

 saw several others. These birds, like Buteoferox, are very partial 

 to fields where Quail abound. On my second visit to Egypt I 

 did not meet with it. 



11. CiRCAETUs GALLicus (Gm.). Short-toed Eagle. 

 Tolerably plentiful throughout Egypt and Nubia. In 1868 



I shot one of these birds on the Memnonium at Thebes, when 

 it disgorged a snake two feet long. 



12. Pandion haliaetus (L.). Osprey. 



Very generally to be met with among the rocks which approach 

 close to the river, or ou the neighbouring sandbanks, both in 

 Egypt and Nubia. 



13. Falco peregrinus, L. Peregrine Falcon. 



Ranges throughout Egypt and Nubia, but is not very plen- 

 tiful. 



14. Falco barbarus, L. Barbary Falcon. 



I saw a pair of Falcons, which I believe to have belonged to 

 this species, near Edfoo, and on the following day I shot a hand- 

 some male specimen on a sandbank near El Kab. 



This bird is admirably figured (Ibis, 1859, p. 184). 



15. Falco lanarius, L. Lanner Falcon. 



This is the most abundant of the large Falcons in Egypt. It 

 breeds annually in the Pyramids. 



I obtained an immature specimen at Kom Ombos, in brown 

 plumage, somewhat resembling F.jugger of India. The two centre 

 tail-feathers were without a spot ; but it differed in the upper 

 part of the chest being strongly marked with brown, and the 

 top of the head being very pale inclining to rufous towards the 

 back. Total length 17^ inches. Cere and eyelids pale green- 

 ish yellow, legs slaty yellow. It was a female, by dissection. 



