290 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XII. 

 Genus Astur (Lacepede, 1801). 



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Hume, No. 23 ; Blanf.^ No. 1244. Astur BADips (Gmel.).--- 



. The Shikra. 

 Native 



name— Very common. I have often snared them and flown them at small 

 Shikra. , , ^ 

 birds. 



Genus Accipiter (Brisson, 1760). 

 224 



Hume, No. 24 ; Dlayif., No. 1247. Accipiter nisus (Linn.).— 

 The Sparrow Hawk. 



Very rare. I have only got a single specimen. 

 Hume., No. 25 ; Blanf.., No. 1248. Accipiter virgatus (Reinw.).— 

 The Besra Sparrow Hawk. 



Commoner than the last. I have found it both in the jungle and the 

 open. 



Genus Falco (Linn., 1766). 

 ^^^ Hume, No. 8 ; Blar.f., No. 1254. Falco peregrinus (Tunst.).— 



The Peregrine Falcon. 

 Native * 



name— Rare here. I have seen it pursue and strike an Imperial Pigeon. 



^ Another time some coolies rescued the remains of a Pheasant {E. Jwrs- 



fieldi) which this species had killed. 



Hume., No. 14; Blanf., No. 12GI. Falco severus (Horsf.).— 



The Indian Hobby. 



A single specimen shot whilst swooping at something on the ground. 



They have rather a swift flight. 



Genus Erythropus (Brehen, 1828). 

 228 Hume, No. 19 his ; Blanf., No. 1262. Erythbopus amurensis 

 (Gurncy). — The Eastern Red-leggfid Falcon. 



Latterly I found this species rather plentiful, flocks passing over 

 my bungalow in the evening. I have several times brought down two 

 or three at one shot whilst roosting. Their flight is rather swift, and 

 much resembles that of i^. severus. 



Genus jEsalon (Kaup., 1829). 

 -2^ Hume., No. 16 ; Blanf., No. 1264. iEsALON chicquera (Daud.). — 

 The Turumti. 

 Native Very rare. I have only a single specimen, a female, shot on 

 Turumuti.the wing. 



