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nest was touched up with fresh pine-tops, but on June 12th 

 was without eggs. The Eagle came within 100 yards once 

 or twice ; but as I was unable to shoot it, I cannot say for 

 certain that it was of this species. The following year a shep- 

 herd told me he had taken an g^^^ from a nest a short 

 distance from the one I visited; it is needless to say he 

 smashed it. 



3. White-tailed Eagle. HaUaetus albicilla. 



Not uncommon on the large lagoons during the winter, 

 where they prey chiefly on the wild fowl, I often saw a 

 single bird in April and May, and was told by a fisherman 

 that a large Eagle nested on the opposite coast of Sardinia. 



4. Common Buzzard. Buteo vulgaris. 



Fairly common everywhere. I found six nests during the 

 month of April. 



5. Small Peregrine Falcon. Falco punicus. 



Not uncommon during the winter on the east coast. On 

 the 14th of May I found a nest containing three young birds 

 nearly ready to fly. The following year, hoping to take the 

 eggs, I visited the old nest in the beginning of April, but 

 the birds had changed their quarters. Seeing the old birds 

 about, I did not give up the search, and on April 16tli found 

 them nesting some two miles from their old home, but, 

 unfortunately, the nest contained four young about a week 

 old. 



6. Common Kestrel. Tinnunculus alaudarius. 



Very common during the winter, but do not all remain to 

 nest. Took a nest of six eggs, quite fresh, on 29th April. 



7. Eleonora Falcon. Falco eleonorce. 



Several times I saw a pair of large dark-brown Hawks 

 hovering about the sea-coast, first seen on 15th April. As 

 I was unable to shoot them, it is uncertain that they belong 

 to this species. 



8. Sparrow-Hawk. Accipiter nisus. 



Common in November, less so in the other winter months. 



