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126. AsTUR GENTiLis ARRiGONii Klciascbm. Sardiuian 

 Goshawk. 



Astur gentilis arrir/onii Kleinsclimidt, Ornithol. Monats- 

 bericlite, xi. p. 1 j.2 (1903 — Sardinia). 



Giglioli saw a young bird near Zicavo on September 21, 

 and I met witb an individual on tbe wing in a pine-forest at 

 about 3000 ft. elevation in May, and saw a large nest in a 

 very tall pine wbicli may liave belonged to this species. 

 Kleinschniidt has separated the Sardinian form (to Avhich in 

 all probability Corsican birds also belong) on account of 

 its smaller size and darker colouring; and Brooke ('Ibis,' 

 1873, p. 154) remarks that two Sardinian males weighed only 

 1 lb. 6 oz. and 1 lb. 4 oz. 



127. Astur nisus woltekstorffi Kleinschm. Sardinian 

 Sparrow-Hawk. 



Accipiter wolter&t.orfji Kleinscbmidt, Ornitholog. Monats- 

 berichte, xi. p. 168 (1901 — Sardinia), 



Local name : Falcheto. Resident in small numbers, both 

 in the low ground and also in the mountain-forests. 

 "Whitehead notes that it is common in November, but less 

 so in the other w'inter months, so that possibly immigrants 

 from the (Jontinent also occur on passage. Kleinscbmidt has 

 distinguished the Sardinian bird on account of its smaller 

 size, daiker mantle, and the closer and thicker barring of the 

 under surface. 



An egg was brought in to Whitehead on June 6, and on 

 May 29 I found a female sitting on a slightly incubated 

 clutch of four eggs in an alder growing in a SAvampy piece of 

 wood. The nest was about 15 ft. from the ground and 

 the eggs, whicb had a pronounced blue ground, averaged 

 38-8 X 31-9 mm.; max. 39-7x32, min. 38*3x32 and 

 38"6 X 317 mm. 



128. MiLvus MiLvus (L ). Red Kite. 



Local name : Filancio. A fairly common and widely 

 distributed resident in the plains and lower hills, but not 

 plentiful anywhere. Playne once saw four on the wing 

 together, probably attracted by tiie presence of carrion, and 



