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is exceedingly bold and mischievous. I have seen it snatch 
meat from the hands of the keepers walking through the 
Gardens, and on several occasions have observed it grab a 
fish from the bill of a Jabiru Stork ! On one occasion a 
Kite took away a puttee from one of our men, and on 
another occasion the head keeper reported that a Kite had 
stolen a white skull-cap from the head of the boy who feeds 
and looks after our three examples of Balceniceps rex. 
For a short time after leaving the nest the young of this 
species have black bills, but in healthy birds these soon 
turn waxy yellow. I have, however, seen examples of 
u adults 33 in midsummer with black bills, but feel sure that 
this is a sign of ill-health, for all these individuals had the 
plumage much worn, and were, moreover, infested with 
feather-lice. 
154. Pernis apivorus. 
Pernis apivorus Shelley, p. 199. 
The Honey-Buzzard is an autumn visitor to the Province. 
I have no records of its occurrence at other times of the 
year. One individual frequented the Zoological Gardens 
during August 1906. 
155. Falco peregrinus. 
Falco peregrinus Shelley, p. 186. 
The Peregrine is possibly resident throughout the year, 
but personally I have only met with it from autumn to 
early spring. I have at present no skins of this species 
from Egypt, and have, to the best of my belief, not met with 
F. punicus , which should occur here. 
A magnificent specimen of F. peregrinus has been an 
inmate of one of our cages in the Gardens for the past 
seven years and is still in the best of health. 
During the late autumn and winter of 1908 Dotterel 
(Eudromias morinellus) were very abundant on the edge of the 
desert near the Giza Pyramids, and possibly it was owing to 
this fact that Peregrines were also numerous. The ground 
was littered with tufts of Dotterels 5 feathers, and I frequently 
saw Peregrines dash down from the desert and strike 
