﻿Lieut. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Barnes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Aden. 
  65 
  

  

  on 
  examination 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Bowdler 
  Sharpe 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  

   Barbary 
  Falcon 
  *. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  dimensions 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  flesh 
  : 
  — 
  Length 
  

   16'4 
  inches, 
  expanse 
  34 
  "25, 
  wing 
  12, 
  tarsus 
  1"9, 
  bill 
  from 
  

   gape 
  1. 
  The 
  bill 
  was 
  horny 
  black, 
  bluish 
  at 
  base; 
  legs 
  and 
  

   feet 
  lemon-yellow 
  ; 
  claws 
  blackish. 
  

  

  This 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  specimen 
  seen. 
  

  

  5. 
  TiNNUNCULUS 
  ALAUDARIUS 
  (Gm.). 
  

  

  The 
  Kestrel 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  permanent 
  resident, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  

   met 
  with 
  it 
  at 
  almost 
  all 
  seasons. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  common, 
  

   but 
  one 
  pair 
  may 
  frequently 
  be 
  met 
  with 
  on 
  the 
  high 
  cliffs 
  

   bordering 
  the 
  Malla 
  Plain, 
  where 
  in 
  all 
  probability 
  they 
  

   breed 
  ; 
  and 
  another 
  pair 
  near 
  Elephant 
  Rock 
  in 
  Gold 
  more 
  

   Valley. 
  

  

  They 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  fond 
  of 
  locusts, 
  which 
  on 
  several 
  

   occasions 
  during 
  my 
  stay 
  swarmed 
  over 
  the 
  place. 
  The 
  

   lower 
  class 
  of 
  Arabs 
  are 
  also 
  fond 
  of 
  these 
  locusts, 
  often 
  

   eating 
  them 
  alive, 
  merely 
  plucking 
  off 
  the 
  wings. 
  

  

  6. 
  AcciPiTER 
  Nisus 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  I 
  think 
  that 
  the 
  Accipiter 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Major 
  Yerbury 
  is 
  

   the 
  European 
  Sparrow-Hawk. 
  

  

  I 
  saw 
  a 
  pair 
  at 
  the 
  Crater 
  Position, 
  on 
  31st 
  July. 
  They 
  

   were 
  swooping 
  at 
  the 
  Pigeons 
  in 
  the 
  Public 
  Works 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  Store-yard. 
  I 
  watched 
  them 
  for 
  some 
  time^ 
  but 
  they 
  

   did 
  not 
  succeed 
  in 
  making 
  a 
  capture. 
  

  

  On 
  several 
  occasions 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  what 
  I 
  took 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  

   same 
  pair, 
  but 
  always 
  at 
  too 
  great 
  a 
  distance 
  to 
  distinguish 
  

   them 
  with 
  any 
  certainty. 
  

  

  7. 
  Aquila 
  chrysaetos 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  I 
  saw 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  very 
  large 
  Eagles 
  in 
  Holket 
  Bay 
  on 
  the 
  

   15th 
  February, 
  and 
  on 
  several 
  occasions 
  since; 
  but 
  1 
  did 
  not 
  

   shoot 
  one, 
  as 
  I 
  should 
  have 
  had 
  no 
  time 
  to 
  preserve 
  the 
  skin. 
  

   They 
  were 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  Vultures, 
  Neophrons, 
  Kites, 
  

  

  * 
  [Lord 
  Lilford, 
  who 
  has 
  also 
  examined 
  this 
  specimen, 
  refers 
  it 
  to 
  Falco 
  

   punicus 
  (cf. 
  Gurney, 
  List 
  of 
  Dim-n. 
  B. 
  of 
  Prey, 
  p. 
  107). 
  — 
  Ed.] 
  

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