104 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds from Fao. 



from Arabia, passing up along the bank of the river in a 

 north-west direction.] 



4. BuTEO FEROX (Gm.) : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 176. 



Young male, Oct. 11th, 1886. [Iris a mixture of yellow 

 and brown. Bill black at tip, plumbeous at the base. Gape 

 yellow. Tarsi and toes yellow. Cere and orbits greenish 

 yellow.] 



5. Pernis apivorus (L.) : Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 476. 



A young bird, inclining to white underneath, broadly 

 streaked with brown. [Bill and claws black ; cere, gape^ 

 legs, and toes yellow. Shot among the date-trees at Fao, 

 Sept. 23rd, 1886.] 



6. Falco communis, Gm. : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 376. 



^ ad., Fao, Jan. 1887. 

 ? ad., Fao, Dec. 1886. 



The male has a white face, but the female is of the ordinary 

 type. 



7. Falco feldeggii, Schl. : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 389. 



An immature female of the Lanner Falcon, Aug. 30, 1886. 



[I named this bird F. peregrinus on the authority of 

 a Persian Shikari, who calls it Bahri, which, according to 

 Blanford, is the name for F. peregrinus. To me it appears 

 larger in the wing-measurements (13||) than those given 

 for the Peregrine in the few books at my disposal, and it 

 also wants the dark head.] 



8. Falco subbuteo (L.) : Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 477. 

 Adult, Fao, Oct. 12th, 1886. [Shot among large date- 

 trees.] 



9. Cerchneis tinnunculus (L.) : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. i. p. 425. 



6 juv., Sept. 22nd, 1886. 

 $ ad., Oct. 9th, 1886. 



