VISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



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Xo. VIII.— A NEST OF ARCUIBUTEO HEMIPTLLOFUS (HIMA- 

 LAYAN UOUGH-LEGCIED BUZZARD) FKOM TIBET. 



I soiul you a photograph of a uest of Archihuteo liein'fptiluims which J took 



near here oa the lOth April this year at an altitude o£ 14,800 feet. The uest 



was made of sticks (oue of which was over five feet long) and lined with blades 



and roots of coarse grass. The Tibetan name for this bird is " cha kyi." It 



feeds on hares and siiuw cock (^Tetraugallu^. libetanus) which were very plentiful 



in the vicinity of the nest, and it is also said to do some damage to the flocks by 



taking young lambs. 



F. M. BAILEY, Lieut. 



(.tYANTsi:, lOth September lUO!^, 



[A skin of this rare Buzzard has been presented by Lieut. Bailey to the Society's Museum. 

 The specimen is a male and answers closely the description given by Mr. Hume of a " pre- 

 sumed male" in " Ulrai/ Feathers" Vol. iv, pp. o70-3« 1. 

 The measurements of Lieut. Bailey's and Mr. Hume's specimens are as follows : — 



Winjr. Tail. Tarsus. Bill from gape. 



Lieut. Bailey's specimen I8i; llTi o'l '1 



Mr. Hume's „ V.r W ;;• 1 2 



N. B. KINNLAU.] 



No. L\:.— DOVES NESTING ON THE GROUND. 



Yesterday, the 3rd March, I found two nests of the common dove ( Turlnr 

 tigrinus) built on the ground. 



