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species ; its smaller size and relatively longer tail tipped vpith 

 yellow, and in the male the plum-coloured head, are also easily 

 noticed in flight. It flies very rapidly and usually at a great 

 height Odd birds may be found in flocks of P. torquatus, but 

 where it is common separate flocks occur. 



1152. The Barn Owl — Stri.r /lammea, L, 



One or two pairs were observed to be living in the old and 

 hollow trees of the ancient mango groves about the rest-house 

 at Morinda when I was there on the 18th March. 



1157*. The Short-eared Owl. — Asio accipitrinus (^Pall.) 



1 did not meet with the Short-eared Owl, but Beavan states 

 that he obtained a specimen at Ambala on 6th November 1866. 



1158. The Himalayan Wood-owl — Syrnium niricola (Hodgs.) 



"Captain G. F. L. Marshall shot one at Kasauli, at a height 

 of only 5,000 feet above the sea, and this is the lowest level at 

 which 1 have known it to occur. " (Hume's " My Scrapbook " 

 p. 361.) 



1161*. The Mottled Wood-owl — ^yrnium ocellatuvi, Less. 



Occurs in the Scott catalogue with the 1< cality Ambala. 



1164. The Brown Fish-owl — Eetupa zrylonensis (Gm.). 



Beavan says : — " At Ambala, on 16th November 1866, I got 

 a fine specimen in the late Dr. Sct)tt'8 compound or garden. 



It was seated in a tatnarisk tree Dr. Scott told me that 



some 7 or 8 of this species had frequented his garden at Ambala 

 the previous year (1865.)" 



On 19th March I found two young Fish-owls, partly feathered 

 but differing markedly in size, in a hollow a few inches deep in 

 the trunk of an old mango tree at Morinda. in the garden where 

 the Barn OaIs were found. The old birds were to be heard 

 calling at nights. Two other large Owls believed to be of this 

 species were seen at Bilaspur on 28th November and Lalru 

 on I4th February. 



1168* The Rock-horned Owl — Bubo benc/rflensix (Frankl.). 



Mentioned in Dr. Scott's catalogue with the locality Ambala. 



1169* The Dusky-horned Owl — Buho coro^nandus (Lath.). 

 Probably common and resident. 



1173. The Scops Owl- 'Sco/js^fw (Scop.) 



A small Owl heard calling "brewer-brewer" at Morinda on 

 19th March was probably a Scops Owl. Hume mentions this 

 species from Kasauli (' Scrap book, ' p. 390). 



1180. The Spotted Ovilet— Athene biama (Temm.) 



Btsavan's remark that it is a very abundant species at Ambala 

 leaves for me only to add that it is resident. 



1189. The Osprey — Pandion halinetus (Linn.) 



On 2l8t March while collecting on the sandbanks of the Sutlej 

 river just above the Canal heal works at Rupar I fired at 

 a passing Tern ; whereupon an Osprey which had been fitting on 

 the sand further along got up and flew back over my head. I 

 shot it and found that 1 had secured a fine female. The 

 stomach was empty. 



1190. The Cinereous Vulture — Vultur monachvi^, L. 



'* Appears regularly every cold weather at Ambala 



Colonel Tytler was lucky enough to secure a pair .... at Ambala 



