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I have never geen or taken a nest myself, but have had them 
often described to me by others who have, as large clumsy stick 
structures, placed usually, high up, in the fork of some large 
tree, and lined with hair, wool and rags. They lay usually, I am 
informed, three eggs, but many lay only two, and four are some- 
times found. The eggs that I have seen, said to belong to this 
species, appeared to me undistinguishable from large eges of the 
common Kite. I did not, unfortunately, record an exact des- 
ceription, or the dimensions at the time, and my collection con- 
tains no specimens at present. 
Mr. W. Theobald makes the following note of this bird’s 
breeding, in the neighbourhood of Pind Dadan Khan, and Katas, 
in the Salt Range. 
“‘ Lays in the first and fourth weeks of March. Eggs two to 
three. Shape ovato pyriform. Size, varies from 2°00 to 2°19 
inches in length, and 1°66 inches in breadth. Colour greenish 
white, or white, blotched with red or claret brown, vary greatly. 
Nest large in trees, sticks lined with cotton, rags, &c., and 
daubed with mud.” 
Of their breeding in the valley of Kashmeer, he says, “ Lays 
in the fourth week of April. Eggs two in number, ovato pyri- 
form, measuring from 2°10 to 2°40 inches in length, and from 
1-77 to 1°80 inches in breadth. Nest and eggs as in plains.” 
A pair or two may occasionally breed, well down into the 
plains, as in the case mentioned in the following note; but such 
an occurrence is quite exceptional. Mr. F. R. Blewitt says, 
“In 1845 and 1846 when at Bunchari Z. Gourgaon, I well 
remember seeing a pair of birds during the two hot and rainy 
seasons. In a clump of high trees, to the left of the road, as 
you come from Pulwul, just near to Bunchari, there was one 
of remarkable size, of which each year they took possession, 
about May, reared their young, and with the young birds, 
departed in October. The third year, as I was subsequently 
told, the tree was struck by lightning, and the birds killed.” 
Of the breeding of this species in Palestine, Mr. Tristram 
had the following remarks in the Ibis for 1865—“ We found 
the nests, both on trees, and on rocks, generally on the latter. 
The complement of eggs is two, or three, generally the latter. 
The first nest we took was on Mount Carmel, on a rocky ledge, 
easy of access, on March 22nd, and which contained three eggs, 
quite fresh and beautifully marked; the last fresh eges we 
found, were a pair near Mount Tabor on May Ist. The eges 
are of course larger than, but no way differently coloured from, 
those of the Common Buzzard. The nest is large, but more 
neatly made than those of the Eagles, and well lined with 
