188 BIRDS OF EGYPT. 



bars ; a distinct dusky moustache edged with rufous. Under 

 parts creamy white, finely barred on the abdomen andflanls 

 ivitJi dusky ; cere and l^ase of the bill yellow, remainder of the 

 beak horn-blue ; irides brown. 



Entire length 13"5 inches; culmen Tl; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 11 ; tarsus 1'6. 



The description is taken from the bird I shot at El Kab. 



Fig. Salvin, Ibis, 1859, pi. 6. 



S^ fl'l^^lyt l'^'^- I'alco lanarius, Linn. Lanner Falcon. 



X !r /A-ZAA^^-*^ This is the most abundant of the large Falcons, and re- 

 j f \ mains throughout the year in Egypt and Nubia, breeding 



y/ K^JM^ M. ^ annually on the Pyramids. 



Like all the true Falcons it appears very partial to the 

 neighbourhood of water ; frequently it will follow the sports- 

 man on the look-out for wounded game. On the 19th of 

 April I shot a female specimen in an interesting stage of 

 plumage, from which my description of the immature bird is 

 taken. 



Adult. — Forehead neurit/ white ; remainder of the upper part 

 of the head and nape rufous finely marked with narrow black 

 streaks ; moustache, feathers in front of the eye, and an eye- 

 brow extending to the nape black; remainder of the. upper 

 plumage dark slaty grey, with the feathers on the back and 

 wing-coverts edged with buff; feathers on the rump and 

 tail-coverts paler grey barred with dusky ; primaries dusky 

 grey distinctly barred with cream-colom* on the inner webs ; 

 tail-feathers barred and tipped with cream-colour. Under- 

 parts cream-colour, streaked with brown on the crop, and 



