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that he may have confused it with the Saker under the name of Falco laniarius. It certainly 

 occurs in Dalmatia ; for the examples on which its name feldeggi was based were obtained 

 there by Feldegg, and there is a specimen in the Vienna Museum from the same locality. 

 Mr. Farman, who met with it in Bulgaria, writes (Ibis, 1S68, p. 411): — "Out here the 

 Lanner appears to be even less common than the Saker ; but whereas the Saker seems to 

 affect the wild wastes of down and moorland, the Lanner is more equitably distributed, and is 

 occasionally to be seen in all parts of the country. I have seen it near the lower lake of Devna, 

 in the Pravidy valley, and in the neighbourhoed of Shitangick — three localities as dissimilar as 

 possible. In April 1866 a pair bred among the rocks in the Pravidy valley; the nest contained 

 four eggs, which my friend Mr. Bohenskil secured for me. They much resemble those of the 

 Peregrine Falcon, but are larger and more pointed at the small end than any Peregrine's egg in 

 my possession; the ground-colour is light brown; and they are marked all over with veiy small 

 spots of a light reddish colour ; in some parts the spots are so close together that they entirely 

 hide the ground. There is little or no difference between the marking of the large and 

 small end." 



Messrs. Elwes and Buckley say (Ibis, 1870, p. 74) : — " We cannot be quite positive as to 

 the occurrence of the Lanner in Macedonia, as we could not obtain a specimen ; but we shot 

 several times at Falcons which, we believe, were of this species. We were equally unsuccessful 

 in Bulgaria, though we found two or three pairs of Falcons, which no doubt were Lanners, about 

 the same rocks where Mr. Farman had previously found them. One nest of four eggs was got 

 in a range of rocks above the Schumla-road station ; and the birds, which we saw distinctly, 

 screamed in a manner quite different from the Peregrine Falcon, and were certainly not 

 Sakers." 



I find but scant information respecting the occurrence of the present species in Asia Minor ; 

 but, as above stated, Lord Lilford met with it on the island of Standia, off Crete, and Canon 

 Tristram writes (Ibis, 1865, p. 257) that it is "by far the most common of the large Falcons, 

 and universally distributed throughout the rocky wadys on both sides of the Jordan and the 

 Dead Sea, and as far north as the foot of Hermon. It is a permanent resident, and, as we were 

 told, reoccupies the same eyrie year after year. A nest of four eggs was taken in the gorge of 

 the Wady Kelt, near Jericho, on February 29th ; and the Lanner was breeding in four or five 

 places in the Wady Hamam and Wady Leimun, near Gennesaret, in April. No region is too 

 desolate or dreary for this noble bird. On the stupendous rock of Masada, facing the Dead Sea, 

 a Lanner dropped a Pochard Duck on being fired at ; and we also saw a pair at Jebel Usdum, 

 the salt mountain at the south end of the lake. It seems to avoid the forests ; for though very 

 common near the mouths of the ravines east of Jordan, we never observed it in the vast forests 

 of Gilead and Ajlun. It is in high repute among the Bedouins for the chase ; and trained birds 

 are as valuable as in North Africa. But though we frequently saw it in the possession of Arab 

 sheiks of high degree, we never had an opportunity of witnessing the sport, as we only met 

 them on the march." 



In North-east Africa, Mr. E. C. Taylor informs me, the Lanner is the most abundant of the 

 large Falcons, and is a resident. In January 1864 he shot three within a short walk of Cairo. 

 Captain Shelley, who confirms this statement, writes (B. of Egypt, p. 188): — "Like all the 



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