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the latter dropping bones, seen at El Kantara in February 

 1906, and again in April 191.2 (adult only). Also noted at 

 Tilatou and in the Taya gorge, April 1911 (W). 



116. Aqnila chrysaetus (L.). Golden Eagle. 



One seen near Djebcl Taya, April 30 (J). Seen at cliffs 

 near H. Meskontine : nest empty, but lined with fresh 

 sprigs of ash and terebinth, on April 18 (W).* 



117. Eutolmaetus fasciatus fasciatus (Vieill.). Bonelli's 

 Eagle. 



We had already seen individuals of this species patrolling 

 the plain of El Outaia, and on April 20 found an eyrie in a 

 small isolated cliff, which contained no fewer than three 

 well-grown young, still in down. The clutch of this species 

 generally consists of two eggs, occasionally one only. When 

 first seen, one of the parents was standing on the nest and 

 feeding the young in turn from the carcass of a Gundi 

 {Clenodactylus gundi) (J). A pair bred on a ledge of a low 

 cliff near H. Meskoutine, and the nest contained two fresh 

 eggs on February 26, 1906. Also noted at this locality in 

 April 1910 and 1912 : and at Lac Fetzara in April 1910 and 

 March 1911 (W). 



118. Eutolmaetus pennatus (Gm.). Booted Eagle. 

 Seen at Ain Alokra several times in May (R). 



119. Buteo ferox cirtensis (Lev.), African Buzzard. 



A nest in a cleft of the precipitous side of a narrow gorge 

 contained three fresh eggs on April 19, 1913, and tliree days 

 later we found a second, accessible without the help of a 

 rope, which contained the unusual number of four large 

 young, still in down. Both these nests were in the ranges 

 south of El Kantara. In 1914 the nesting site which con- 

 tained four young in 1913, was again in use, but this time 

 held only three young birds on April 30, still in white 

 down (J). Either this or the preceding species seen at 

 the Taya goi'ge and Constantine (W). 



* A large light-coloured Eagle flushed on IMay 6 at Ain Dahlia (R) 

 was probably Aquila rapa.c belisariiis Lev, 



