72 Messrs. H.J. Elwes and T. E. Buckley 



16. BuTEO FEROX (S. G. Gmelin) . Long-legged Buzzard. 

 We never obtained a specimen of this fine bird ; but M. Alleon 



informs us that one was killed in the winter of 1856. Mr. 

 Robson has also procured it. 



17. BuTEO DESERTORUM (Daud.)*. Dcscrt-Buzzard. 

 Great numbers of this species have been observed by M. 



Alleon during the spring and autumn migration at Buyukdere, 

 and we saw several specimens in his collection which agi-ee in 

 every respect with examples from North Africa. He also tells us 

 that he has twice found the nest in the Forest of Belgrade. 

 Most of these birds probably pass through Turkey to Russia, 

 where they are said to breed commonlyf; but a few, tempted 

 by the beautiful woods on the Bulgarian coast, remain during the 

 summer. A nest^ from which the female bird was shot, was dis- 

 covered by one of us on April 24 near Sindal, a village about 

 twenty miles froui Varna. It was lined with moss and green 

 leaves, and contained three eggs, which differed but little from 

 those of the Common Buzzard. The cry is a shrill melancholy 

 whistle, not unlike that uttered by that species. 



18. Archibuteo lagopus (L.). Rough-legged Buzzard. 

 Occasionally found near Constantinople in winter. It has 



been killed by Mr. Robson, and it is also contained in M. 

 Alleon's collection. 



19. Pernis APivoRus (L.). Honey-Buzzard. 



Common during the migration on the Bosphorus, and, no 

 doubt, breeds regularly in the forests of Northern Turkey. 



20. MiLVUS iCTiNus (Savigny). Kite. 



Very numerous in Macedonia, but not seen by us in Bulgaria 

 or near Constantinople, where it is replaced by the Black Kite. 

 About the villages in the plains of Macedonia a number of Kites 

 may always be seen hovering in search of offal ; but, though 

 never molested by the people, they are very wary. In the evening 

 they resort to small clumps of trees to roost in company with 



* With respect to this species and its identity with B. cirtensis, see 

 Mr. Gurney's remarks (Ibis, 1862, pp. 361-363). 

 [C/. Journ. fiir Orn. 1855, p. 94.— Ed.] 



