200 BIEDS OF EGYPT. 



Feathers of the head short and stiff. 



Adult. — Top and sides of the head brownish grey ; re- 

 mainder of the upper pUimage brown tinted with grey ; quills 

 barred with dusky black, and marked with white on their 

 inner web ; tail tipped with white, and marked with the 

 same colour at the base and on the inner web of some of the 

 feathers ; tail crossed by four distinct dark brown bands at 

 irregular intervals ; under surface of the body white, with 

 the feathers boldly mottled and barred with brown ; cere 

 and legs yellow ; beak horn-blue ; irides brownish yellow. 



Entire length 23 inches ; culmen 1*5 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 16 ; tarsus 2. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 16. 



188. BuTEO VULGARIS, Bechst. Common Buzzard. 



This bird is by no means common in Egypt. The only 

 specimen I saw was one which I killed in a wood near Beni- 

 souef on the 25th of March ; and from this bu'd I have taken 

 my description. 



Upper plumage brown, with lighter edgings to the feathers, 

 mottled with white on the head and neck ; tail distinctly 

 marked with numerous dark brown bars ; underparts white, 

 mottled with brown ; cere and legs yellow \ beak horn-blue ; 

 irides brown. 



Entire length 17 inches; culmen 1-5; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 15 ; tarsus 3 "2. 



Specimens vary considerably both in colour and size. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 14. 



