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about the second week of April, and frequents the groves of trees 

 which are found here and there in the open country. 



27. Erythropus vespertinus (L.). Orange-legged Hobby. 

 First noticed on the 25th April, when they appeared in 



considerable numbers near Sindal, in Bulgaria, and fx-equented 

 ploughed fields, where they hawked about for flies and insects. 

 We cannot say whether they breed in this part of the country ; 

 but Mr. Farman does not mention the fact in his list. 



28. TiNNUNCULUs ALAUDARius, G. R. Gray. Kestrel. 

 Extremely common at every place we visited, both in winter 



and spring. 



29. TiNNUNCULUS cENCHRis (Fi'isch). Lesser Kestrel. 



We never observed this species but once, when snowed up in 

 a Bulgarian village near Salonica on March 6th. Early in the 

 morning a Lesser Kestrel, which had probably just arrived, flew 

 against the house and was killed. We do not think it is found 

 commonly, except in the most southern part of the country, 



30. AsTUR PALUMBARius (L.). Gos-Hawk. 



Not rare in any part of the country, and remains during the 

 whole year. A nest was seen in the Forest of Belgrade ; and 

 another was found near Gubedjie on the day the eggs of Buteo 

 desertorum were taken. This last was in an oak-forest near the 

 sea; but there is reason to believe that the Gos-Hawk is more 

 plentiful in the pine-forests of the Balkans. 



31. AcciPiTER Nisus (L.). Sparrow-Hawk. 



A common bird in most parts of the country, and much 

 more familiar in its habits than in England. 



32. AcciPiTER BREViPEs (Scvcrzow). Short-toed Sparrow- 

 Hawk. 



We have no doubt that this Sparrow-Hawk, and probably another 

 species which we are not yet able to identify, are not uncommon 

 in the east of Turkey ; and the present species has been killed, 

 both by Mr. Robson and M. Alleon (Rev. Zool. 1867, p. 3), near 

 Constantinople. In Mr. Robson's collection are two small 

 Hawks which certainly appeared to belong to another species 

 — possibly Accipiter cjabar, but we cannot be sure of this. 



