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Falco peregrinus. 



Falco peregrinus Shelley, p. 186; Loat, Ibis, 1906, p. 120. 

 Peregrines were sometimes seen harrying the Dunlins 

 along the edge of the lake. 



Falco sacer. 



Falco saker Shelley, p. 190. 



A Sacer Falcon was seen on a small island in Lake 

 Menzaleh. 



Falco subbuteo. 

 Falco subbuteo Shelley, p. 192. 



I saw two Hobbies at Gheit-el-Nassara during our stay 

 there. 



Falco ^esalon. 



Falco eesalon Shelley, p. 191. 



A single example was seen at Gheit-el-Nassara. 



TiNNUNCULUS ALAUDARIUS. 



Falco tinnunculus Shelley, p. 194. 



Kestrels were numerous between Cairo and Tanta; after 

 the latter town they became scarcer and very few were 

 seen at Gheit-el-Nassara. 



Compared with British examples, the Egyptian Kestrels 

 are smaller and more heavily marked, while those from 

 the Sudan (Khartoum) appear to be much paler in 

 coloration. 



Milvus migrans ^gyptius. 



Milvus agyptius Shelley, p. 196; Loat, Ibis, 1906, p. 120. 



The Yellow-billed Kite was seen in numbers as far as 

 Tanta. At that place it became less numerous, while none 

 at all were seen at Damietta or Gheit-el-Nassara. 



Milvus regalis. 



Milvus regalis Shelley, p. 195. 



Capt. Shelley did not personally meet with the Kite in 

 Egypt. I fancy, however, that it occurs occasionally, for I 

 saw two undoubted examples shortly after leaving Tanta in 

 the train for Damietta. 



