248 Capt. S. G. Reid— Winter 



55. Circus iERUGiNosus. 



ConsideriDg the amount of marshy ground visited, 1 saw 

 very few of these Harriers, and only one was obtained. 



56. Circus cineraceus. 

 Several met with, chiefly males. 



57. BUTEO DESERTORUM. 



Abundant everywhere. One name the Moors had for it 

 was '' el dieb/' the thief ! 



58. NiSAETUS EASCIATUS. 



Frequently seen. When Partridge-shooting one day in 

 the Tzelatza valley, one of these Eagles made several magni- 

 ficent stoops at our wounded birds, on one occasion settling 

 in a small tree within thirty yards of the shooting-party. 



59. ACCIPITER NISUS. 



Not uncommon. I shot two in the marshes with my left 

 barrel in hot pursuit of Snipe wounded by my right, and 

 •was not a little surprised to meet with them in such open 

 ground. 



60. MiLVUS ICTINUS. 



These graceful birds often paid a visit to our camp, and 

 circled round it for a considerable time. I did not try to 

 shoot one ; but when in Morocco in November 1873, 1 killed 

 a beautiful male hovering over our small stock of poultry at 

 Sharf-el-Akab. 



61. MlLVUS MIGRANS. 



According to Favier (Irby, op. cit. p. 48) this Kite does not 

 remain in the vicinity of Tangier during the winter, but I am 

 almost positive I saw several during my recent shooting-trip. 

 My companion, Capt. Gould, an excellent observer, agreed 

 with me on several occasions that the birds we were looking 

 at could be nothing else but Black Kites. We both know 

 the bird well in Spain, and can hardly have been mistaken. 

 I much regret not having obtained an example to make sure, 

 but I did not at the time realize the fact that there was any 

 thing unusual in their presence. 



