142 RAMBLES OF A NATURALIST. 
about a hundred Egyptian Vultures, in graceful soaring 
circles, wheeling far up in the blue vault of heaven. I sus- 
pect this may be “the square called Rohneli, below the 
castle, which is the place for executing capital offenders,” 
mentioned by Hasselquist in his “ Zvavels in the Levant, 
1749—52,” where he says these birds assemble with Egyptian 
Vultures every morning and evening to receive the alms of 
fresh meat, left them by the legacies of wealthy great men, 
or at any rate that the two places are near one another. 
A bird of this species has lived twenty years in my 
father’s possession, and is now (Christmas day, 1875) in 
good health. It was sent from Sierra Leone. 
20. BLAck KITE, Milvus migrans (Bodd.). 
I cannot have much doubt that we saw this bird, perhaps 
very often, yet I do not feel sure. There is much conflicting 
evidence about it, but at any rate I can say positively, that 
the Yellow-billed Kite is much the commoner of the two 
species. 
21. COMMON BUZZARD, Buteo vulgaris, Leach. 
A very dusty specimen in a birdstuffer’s at Alexandria, 
which I have not much hesitation in referring to this species. 
T am the more disposed to think so, as my father has lately 
obtained a specimen from M. Boucard, which was killed at 
Zagazig. 
22. DESERT BUZZARD, Buteo desertorum (Daudin). 
In “The Ibis” for 1871, Captain Shelley hazarded a 
guess that this Hawk would be found in Egypt. I am now 
able to report two authentic cases. The first was shot by 
