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(Galerida cristata), and the Calandra Lark (Me/anocorypha 

 calandra). I have found the last two breeding. 



The Raptores are here iu large numl)ers, and, although my 

 list of identified species is small, I have made careful notes of 

 many others I have shot, and with the assistance of more 

 experienced ornithologists I have no doubt that many inter- 

 esting additions will eventually be made. One of the most 

 interesting things which I have ever seen was the nest of a 

 White-tailed Eagle {Halia'etus albicilla). Let me say at once 

 that I did not have this specimen in my hands, but I had 

 exceptional opportunities of examining both male and female 

 at only a short distance with the aid of field-glasses on many 

 occasions during nidification, and I think the identification 

 may be taken as being good. This nest was a huge struc- 

 ture of sticks in a tree some thirty feet from the ground on 

 the bank of the Yardar River. It was on the 30th of March 

 that I and another officer made the expedition. Climbing up 

 to the nest I found two young about five days out of the egg 

 and the usual complement of flies which were attracted by 

 the larder. Two fish, a carp and a pike, each about 2 lb. 

 in weight, and a mallard with head and skin removed lay 

 on the nest. These birds, whilst not plentiful, are fairly 

 frequently met with. The Hen-Harrier {Circus cyaneus) 

 was exceedingly common all the winter, but has now 

 disappeared. The Kestrel {Fulco tinnunculus) is extremely 

 common and breeds in considerable numbers in the roofs 

 of houses in evacuated villages. The Red-footed Falcon 

 {F. vespertinus) made its first aj^pearance on April 23. The 

 next day I noticed literally hundreds hawking about near 

 a lake apparently for insects. They were very tame, and 

 I secured a male and female. Their stomachs contained 

 small winged insects and beetles. This bird ajjpears to take 

 its insect i)rey with its feet, and one sees it constantly close 

 its win^s and bending the head forward take something 

 from its talons. All this time it is dropping in the air, but 

 the process is so rapid and so gracefully performed that it 

 lias only fallen three or four feet before it is again resnmiug 

 its fliglit. I took a specimen oi Accipiter nisus in January, 



