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and unlike the Sparrow-Hawks he has been used to seeing in the 

 Kangra District and elsewhere. Since he drew my attention 

 to this difference I have looked up my notes when these birds 

 would be migrating and carefully recalled to memory whether 

 they were pale or dark specimens, and am confident in saying 

 that during the migration season the great majority (males) 

 seen were the pale race. Birds seen in May and June were 

 invariably of the darker race and at that period would be breed- 

 ing. Hence, as Mr. Donald says, it looks as though the latter 

 is a local, non-migratory race, in fact Hume's malanoscMstus . 

 1255. The Shahin Falcon — Falco jieregrinator. Sundew. 



A rare resident. I know of only two pair breeding and 

 frequenting the neighbourhood of Simla. Its eyrie is always 

 placed on a ledge in some almost inaccessible precipice. The 

 eggs, two or three in number, are laid in March and April, and 

 in four instances when I have taken the eggs these have reposed 

 on the bare earth. 

 1257. The Luggar Falcon — Falco jugger, J. E. Gray. 



A pair found breeding in a cliff on the banks of the Sutlej 

 near Bilaspur, March 1912. Elevation 2,000 feet. 

 1260. The Hobby — Falco subbuteo, Linn. 



Not uncommon on migration and a few pair remain to breed. 

 I have thrice found the nest, twice with young and once with 

 eggs, see "Journal" Vol. XXIIl, No. 3, page 679 and 

 Vol. XXIV, No. 2, page 3S9. Breeds in June. Its food consists 

 principally of coleopterous insects but 1 have on more than one 

 occasion seen it take swifts (C. affinis). 

 1265. The Kestrel — Tinnwmulus alaudarius, Linn. 



Kestrels are common throughout the year but whether those 

 that breed with us are replaced in the winter by others from fur- 

 ther North it is impossible to say. Lays in April, May and June. 

 Most nests were betw^een 6,000 feet and 7,000 feet, but I have 

 one clutch of eggs taken below 6,000 feet. 

 1283. The Kokla Green Pigeon — Sphenocerus spenunts. Vigors. 



A common breeding species. Arrives April when its peculiar 

 call is heard in every heavily wooded Oak ( Q. dilatata ) forest 

 up to about, 7,000 ft. Very few are seen after August. Breeds 

 in May and June. One nest contained three eggs. 



1291. The Bronze-winged Dove — Chalcophaps indica, Linn. 



Dodsworth obtained specimens of this species at 3,500 ft. 

 elevation in February 1913. He opined that it was tolerably 

 abundant. 



1292. The Indian Blue Rock-Pigeon — Columba intermedia, Strickl. 



Breeds in a few secluded cliffs. I have seen it nesting in the 

 same cliff as Gyps Mmalayensis and again in close proximity to 

 GypcBhis harhatus. Elevation 5,000 feet. 



1293. The Blue Rock-Pigeon — Columba livia, Bonnaterre. 



Dodsworth obtained specimens of this species, together with 

 hybrids between this and the last species, from a flock he came 

 across during February 1913. Elevation 4,000 ft. 

 1298. The Eastern Wood -Pigeon — Palumbus casiotis, Bonap. 



During some winters large flocks are seen. Most have retired 

 further North by the end of March but occasionally a few 

 remain till mid-April. 

 1305. The Indian Turtle-Dove — Turturferrago, Eversm. 

 Very common in forest up to 8,500 ft. elevation. 



