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Female, immature, central Kashmir, September, 1891; 10,000 feet. 

 "Upper mandible dark horn blue; base of lower mandible bluish white; 

 feet yellow; cere green; irides dark brown." 



Male, adult, Krishuaguuga Valley, Kashmir, April 23, 1893; 6,500 

 feet. "Bill horn blue, black at tij) ; cere yellow; orbital skin yellow; 

 irides dark brown; feet yellow, claws black; length, 13;^ inches." 



Female, adult, Krishnagunga Valley, Kashmir, Aj^ril 23, 1893 ; 0,500 

 feet. "Bill horn blue, tip black; cere and orbital skin yellow; feet 

 yellow, claws black; length, 11 inches; irides dark brown." 



Male, adult, Lolab Valley, Kashmir, May 12, 1893; 0,000 feet. "Bill 

 horn blue, black at tip, yellowish at base; feet yellow, claws black; 

 cere and orbital skin greenish yellow; irides brown; length, 12f inches." 



9. FALCO TINNUNCULUS, Linnaeus. 



Female, adult, central Kashmir, July 31, 1891; 13,000 feet. "Bill 

 nearly white, becoming dark horn blue at tip; cere greenish yellow; 

 legs orange." 



Female, adult, central Kashmir, September 17, 1891; 11,000 feet. 

 "Bill bluish white at base, becoming black at tip; feet orange yellow; 

 length, 13 inches." 



Female, adult, central Kashmir, September 22, 1891; 11,000 feet. 

 "Bill light leaden blue at base, becoming black at tip; cere yellowish 

 green; feet orange j^ellow; length, 14i inches. Extremely fat." 



Female, adult, central Kashmir, September 22, 1891; 11,000 feet. 

 "Length, 11 inches." 



Female, adult, central Kashmir, September 20, 1891; 11,000 feet. 

 "Length, 13^ inches." 



Female, adult. Vale of Kashmir, April 12, 1892; 5,200 feet. "Bill 

 horn blue, blackening at tip; lower mandible yellowish at base; feet 

 orange yellow, claws black; cere orange; irides dark brown; length, 

 13i inches." 



Male, adult, Kaj Xag Mountains, Kashmir, April 23, 1892 ; 8,000 feet. 

 "Bill horn blue, black at tip; cere orange yellow; feet orange yellow; 

 claws black; irides dark brown; length, 13^ inches." 



Female, adult, Leli, Ladak, July 2, 1893 ; 11,500 feet. " Bill horn yel- 

 low, black at tip; cere yellow; irides dark brown; feet dirty orange, 

 claws black ; length, 13f inches." 



Family BUBOKID^. 



10. BUBO BUBO TURCOMANUS (Eversmann). 



Adult, Vale of Kashmir, winter, 1891-'92. 



Female, adult, Khardong, Ladak, September 1. 1891; 12,000 feet. 

 "Length, 27 inches." 



This form has been recorded from nortliern India on several occasions, 

 and I have little liesitancy in referring the above-mentioned specimens 

 to it. They show the characters advanced for B. h. turcomanus very 



