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Messrs. Elwes and Buckley say (Ibis, 1870, p. 69) that they " never observed this species in 

 Macedonia or Greece, though it is probably found in the wooded parts of the country ; but in 

 the east of Turkey it is not uncommon, and breeds regularly near Constantinople. M. Alleon 

 has three times taken the nest in the forest of Belgrade, and was kind enough to present us with 

 some of the eggs, which are exactly like specimens from Spain. He informs us that it passes in 

 immense flocks over the Bosphorus from Asia into Europe about the middle of April, and is 

 easily shot, both in the adult and immature brown plumage, by waiting on the tops of the hills 

 near Buyukdere. We saw this bird in the forest near Babadagh, and were told it bred there, 

 also near Pravidy." In Southern Russia it breeds commonly ; and copious notes are given on its 

 breeding-habits by Mr. Ludwig Holtz (J. f. O. 1872, pp. 286-305) and Mr. H. Goebel (torn. cit. 

 pp. 454-463) as observed by them in the Uman district. Von Nordmann records it from 

 Bessarabia ; and Mr. SabanaefT informs me that he observed it in the Ural Mountains, and 

 considers that it is found up to about 57° N. lat. ; and he met with it in the Kaslinsky and 

 Keshtemsky Dachas, and in the birch-woods on the western slopes of the Ural, but everywhere 

 rare. By some sportsmen it is there called " Teternik," as it often attacks and pursues the 

 Blackgame ("Teterew"), although unable to catch or kill them. He further says that Mr. 

 Severtzoff states that it occurs in the Government of Tver. I have no data respecting its range 

 in Asia Minor, where it doubtless occurs ; and Canon Tristram, writing on the ornithology of 

 Palestine, says (Ibis, 1865, p. 252) that "it is by no means common, and is confined, so far as 

 our observation goes, to the northern part of the country. We observed it in November near 

 Beyrout, and saw it frequently in the hill country beyond Sidon and Tyre during the following 

 months. Mr. Upcher shot one in the Lebanon in March ; but we never obtained its nest. It 

 perches on trees rather than rocks." In North-eastern Africa it is, according to Captain Shelley 

 (B. of Egypt, p. 207), " plentiful at times in Egypt and Nubia. It arrives about March to breed, 

 and leaves again in September. It appears to be rather uncertain in its visits ; for I never met 

 with it during my last two tours in the country; but in March 1868, near Benisouef, our party 

 killed three, and we saw several others either among the clumps of sont trees or beating up and 

 down the fields, which were at that time full of Quail." And Dr. Th. von Heuglin (Vog. N.O.- 

 Afr. p. 6) says that " it is common from March to October in the date-woods of the so-called 

 ' Scherkieh ' and in Lower Egypt generally." During migration he observed it along the Nile to 

 14° N. lat. It is not very common in North-western Africa, and is found as far south as the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Loche speaks of it as being rare in Algeria, where, however, it breeds. 

 Mr. O. Salvin says (Ibis, 1859, p. 182), "I observed a pair of these Eagles about the rock of 

 ' Gala el Hamara;' but though I kept a sharp look-out for the nest, I never could discover it. 

 About Djebel Dekma I more than once saw the Booted Eagle ; and indeed during our whole 

 stay in the Souk-Harras district birds of this species were occasionally observed." Mr. L. 

 Taczanowski says (J. f. O. 1871, p. 61) that "it was several times seen in December near the 

 Lake Fezzara, and at the end of January near Batna and Bouarif. This species winters in 

 Algeria, but not in large numbers;" and, according to Mr. C. F. Tyrwhitt Drake (Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 424), it has been seen on a few occasions at Tetuan and Tangier. Mr. Gurney (B. of Damara 

 Land, p. 7) says that Mr. Andersson's last collection contained a specimen obtained in Ondonga, 

 Ovampo Land, on the 14th November, 1866 ; and Mr. Layard (B. trf S. Afr. p. 10) writes that 



