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Neophron PERCNOPTERUS (Linn.). Egyptian Vulture. Arab. 

 "Rakhamah." 



Generally distributed^ but not very common. 



Aquila bonellii (Temminck) . Bonelli^s Eagle. 



Seen occasionally, in the mountainous parts of the peninsula. 



*BuTEo FERox (S. G. Gmclin) . Long-legged Buzzard. 

 Wady Gharandel. 



MiLvus MIGRANS (Bodd.) . Black Kite. 



I expect this bird is a spring visitant to the peninsula : on 

 the 1st April, when I was on the top of Jebel Katherina, I ob- 

 served a great many Kites wheeling round, far overhead; I have 

 no doubt but they were of this species, which I found in abun- 

 dance the following week on the highlands of Edom, and at 

 Petra. Isaiah (ch. xxxiv. ver. 15), foretelling the desolation of 

 Edom, probably refers to this bird — " There shall the vultures 

 also be gathered, every one with her mate ; " for the identity 

 of the Hebrew " Dayah," translated " Vulture,^^ in our version 

 of the Bible, with the Arabic " H'dayah," has been pointed out 

 by Mr. Tristram (Nat. Hist, of the Bible, p. 181). 



MiLvus ^GYPTius (Baud.) Egyptian Kite. 

 Occurs at Wady Gharandel. 



Falco lanarius (Linn.). Lanner-Ealcon. 

 Seen a few times — at Wady Feiran, Wady Gharandel, and 

 other places. 



TiNNUNCULUs alaudarius (G. R. Gray). Kestrel. 

 Generally distributed, but nowhere abundant. 



Phasmoptynx capensis (A. Smith). 



Obtained once in Wady Feinin. Bubo ascalaphus we never 

 met with -, and, as far as I could find out, the Arabs do not 

 know it. 



Athene persica (Vieillot). Southern Little Owl. 

 Scarce ; we only met with it three times ; and I never heard 

 its note at night while in the desert. 



CucuLUS CANORUS (Linn.). Common Cuckoo. 



I saw the Cuckoo twice in Wady Hudherah, April 4th and 



