182 Mr. O. Salvin's Five Months' Birds' -nesting 



with the figure of Aquila belisarius given in Levaillant's ' Explo- 

 ration Scientifiquc d'Algerie/ which, there is no doubt, is refer- 

 able to this species. A few of the darker feathers of the fresh 

 moult just show themselves. On dissection, the sex was not to 

 be traced. While staying at the same place, a young bird just 

 beginning to change its down for feathers was brought to us. 

 This we took from place to place, and eventually deposited in 

 the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, where it may 

 now be seen. 



7. Aquila bonelli. (Bonelli's Eagle.) 



While staying at Sousa, in the Regency of Tunis, in February, 

 an immature bird of this species was brought to me by an Arab, 

 half-dead. We saw others in the Regency, where it appeared 

 to be more numerous than further to the westward. In the 

 Souk Harras district I did not meet with it, except on one occa- 

 sion, when I found a decaying specimen laying on a heap of 

 rubbish opposite the door of the hotel of that town. A pair 

 frequent, and, according to an informant at Tunis, annually 

 breed near the ruins of Utica ; one of these birds I saw when 

 visiting the site of that city. 



8. Aquila pennata. (Booted Eagle.) 



On several occasions I observed a pair of these Eagles about 

 the rock of '^Gala el Hamara;^^ but though I kept a sharp 

 look-out for the nest, I never could discover it. About Djebel 

 Dekma I more than once saw the Booted Eagle ; and indeed 

 during our whole stay in the Souk Harras district, birds of 

 this species were occasionally observed. 



9. CiRCAETUS GALLicus, (Short-tocd Eagle.) 



The first time I met with this species was just on entering 

 the Arab village of Testour, between Tunis and Kef. One flew 

 over my head, and, coming between me and the sun, threw a 

 shadow which attracted my attention. I brought it down by a 

 lucky shot without dismounting from my horse. A few days 

 afterwards another was killed. The Short-toed Eagle was ob- 

 served on many occasions in all the districts visited, but is 

 perhaps move numerous about Souk Harras than elsewhere. 



