406 Mr. C. Farman on some of the Birds of Prey 



Gould's ' Birds of Australia ' ; for that plate represents Phala- 

 crocorax punctatus ; and although pi. 72 contains a figure of 

 Attagen ariel, it is evidently not the same bird as this species. 



Of the Pelican family it is not my intention to treat here, 

 as, although I made numerous notes on the species found in 

 Burmah, they have all been placed at the disposal of Mr. P. L. 

 Sclater, the zealous Secretary of the Zoological Society, and, I 

 doubt not, will be duly treated by him in the memoir on the genus 

 which he has in preparation. 



Leaving this question, then, in his hands, I must now bring to a 

 conclusion these notes on Indian birds from the pen of a " wild 

 worker in the woods," hoping that, if hereafter they meet with 

 favour from the readers of ' The Ibis,' I may thereby be encou- 

 raged, not only to continue my labours in the sunny land of 

 India on my return thither, but also to obtain yet further op- 

 portunities of continuing my collections in the pleasant land of 

 Burmah, endeavouring thoroughly to elucidate its at present 

 comparatively little-known Ornis and Zoology generally. 



South Penge Park, 

 July 18, 1868. 



XXXII. — On some of the Birds of Prey of Central Bulgaria. 

 By C. Farman, C.E.^ 



In laying the following notes before the readers of 'The Ibis,' 

 I would merely remark, by way of preface, that a person so 

 young in the study of ornithology can hardly be expected to 

 be able to say much, if anything, that is new on the subject. 

 Still, as the ornithology of Turkey has not received any very 

 great amount of attention, and my opportunities of observing 

 such birds as frequent a particular part of that country have 

 been great, I have thought that a list of the birds of prey to be 

 found in Central Bulgaria, with some few observations upon 

 them, might be both interesting and useful. 



The tract of country to which my observations have been con- 

 fined is that district of Bulgaria which lies between the Danube, 

 at Rustchuk, and Varna, on the Black Sea, in length about one 



* [Kindly communicated by Mr. II. E. Dresser. — Ed.] 



