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The Short-toed Eagle is not uncommon nor very shy, 
and I rather wonder that we never succeeded in killing 
another. Shots were obtained at Gou-El-Kebeer and Edfou, 
but were not so successful as they ought to have been; but 
I would particularise these as good places for them. Ac- 
cording to Von Heuglin it is mainly a spring and autumn 
migrant ; but I imagine it would be more correct to speak 
of it as a resident, whose numbers are increased at those 
seasons. I am quite confident that I saw some at the 
Faioum* in June, and if I did not observe it in winter, others 
have done so. 
%6. BONELLIS’ EAGLE, Wisaetus fasciatus (Vieill.). 
A fine female was shot on the 22nd of April at Bellianah. 
It had been chasing pigeons, and was resting on a sand 
bank. Weight 43 Ibs. Length 28 inches; expanse 60 
inches, Eye, light hazel; legs and cere, yellow ; beak, horn- 
blue. It was the only specimen which we met with in our 
travels. Canon Tristram has a specimen which was killed 
somewhere above Cairo by Mr. Meddlycott. 
7. BOOTED EAGLE, Aguila pennata (Gm.). 
On the 22nd of April—the same day we got Bonellis’ 
Eagle—two Booted Eagles were shot out of palm trees, 
where they were apparently taking a nap after a meal upon 
rats. On the 19th of May another was shot, and several 
seen near Benisuef. Weight of a male 14 lbs. Length 18 
inches; expanse 13 inches. This is a small insignificant 
bird for an Eagle. 
®° The Faioum and Birket El Kairoun are the same place; a lake 
near Cairo in the fertile province of Faioum. 
