622 NOTES FROM THE SOUTH. 



FALCO SUBBUTEO. Hobby. 



FALCO TANYPTERUS (feldeggi). Lanner. 



During the month of March I observed several solitary 

 specimens of both these birds in the pine-woods of Lacroma 

 and along the coast. 



FALCO TINNUNCULUS. Kestrel. 



Single birds were seen in March and April on the cliffs of 

 the Dalmatian coast, and one stooped to the Eagle-Owl when 

 I was shooting in the Herzegovina. 



FALCO CENCHRIS. Lesser Kestrel. 



Common near towns and cliffs both in Southern Dalmatia 

 and the Herzegovina, and very numerous among the rocks of 

 the Istrian islands, and in the villages of Northern Dalmatia, 

 particularly among ruins. Up to the middle of March there 

 were but few Lesser Kestrels to be seen at Lacroma and its 

 neighbourhood, and not until the end of that month and in 

 April did they arrive in great numbers. 



ASTUR PALUMBARIUS. Goshawk. 



During the middle of March I observed one of these birds 

 which for several consecutive days came and hunted through 

 the island of Lacroma in all directions. In the latter part of 

 this month it was no longer to be seen. 



AQUILA FULVA. " Stein " Eagle. 



On March 18th I saw a " Stein " Eagle fly across the Bocche 

 di Cattaro, and in the Herzegovina I observed several. On 

 April 15th one of these eagles, together with a raven, re- 

 peatedly swooped down close to our Eagle-Owl; and about 

 the middle of March the head forester on the island of Meleda 

 told me that a pair of them had been staying there for the 



