136 Col. R. Meinertzhagen on the [Ibis, 



Caprimulgus europaeus meridionalis Hartert. 



A male obtained at 2000 feet on 13 June was tlie only 

 one seen. Trevor-Battye ('Camping in Crete') saw them 

 frequently in summer. 



Cretan name " arno vysastra," a literal translation of 

 Goat-sucker. 



Otus scops powelli Meinertz. 



Otus scops pou-eUi Meinertzhagen, Bull. B. 0. C. xli. 1920, 

 p. 21 : Candia District. 



This new race, intermediate between the typical form and 

 0. s. cyprius, was common from coast-level to 2000 feet, and 

 a few were heard in the Ilex forest at 4000 feet. Two 

 clutches of eggs were taken from holes in buildings on 

 13 and 15 June, the former consisting of four incubated 

 eggs, and the latter of two fresh and one incubated egg. 



Birds were frequently heard calling by daylight, and it 

 was not ditiicult at dusk to call them to quite close quarters. 



Falco peregrinus subsp. ? 



A small Peregrine was twice seen in the hills, ])ut none 

 were obtained. 



Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus L. 



I obtained two breedino' males, with wnnos measuring 223 

 and 245 mm. respectively. One of these birds is much 

 redder Ijelow than most European birds^ whilst the other is 

 normal. I have recently examined a series of 157 Kestrels, 

 and I find that in the southern part of their breeding" range 

 birds tend to become more red below than those breeding 

 in central and northern Europe and Asia, though, of course, 

 such red birds occur fre(piently in both the British Islands 

 and throughout Europe. I am going full}'^ into this question 

 at a near date, Init all that concerns us for the moment is 

 that the Cretan breeding bird can only be referred to the 

 typical form. 



Kestrels were seen everywhere in small numbers. Two 

 nests, both with half-grown young, were- found in buildings. 

 In lioth cases the cock bird was feeding the chicks, visiting 



