75. FALco. 393 



11. Falco juggur. 



lAiggur Falcon, Lath. Gen. Hist. i. p. 192 (1821). 



Falco jug-ur, J. E. Grui/, III. Lul. Oni. ii. pi. 26 (18.33); Schl. 

 Abhandl. Geh. Zool. S,-c. p. 13, Taf. V, (1841); G. H. Gray, Gen. 

 of B. i. p. 19 (1844); J. E. Gray, Cut. Mamm. 6; liirds Nepal 

 Jloch/s. p. 43 (1846) ; £h/th, Cat. B. Mas. As. Soc. Beny. p. 13 

 (1849); Bp. Consp. i. p. 24 (1850); Guvld, B. of Asia, pt. i. 

 (18-30); J£orsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mm. E. I. Co. p. 20 (1854); 

 Strickl. Orn. Si/it. p. 79 (1855) ; Blyt/i, Ibis, 18r:3, p. 369 ; Hume, 

 Rouyh Notes, \. p. 70 (1869) ; Gray, Iland-l. of B. i. p. 20 (18o9). 



Falco luggur, Jerd. Madr. Joitrn. x. p. 80 (1839) ; id. III. Ind. Orn. 

 pi. xliv. (1847). 



Falco tliennopliilns, Hodys. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 81 (1844). 



Gennaia juggur, Kaup, Contr. Orn. 1850, p. 55; Bp. Bev. et May. de 

 Zool. 1854, p. 536. 



Falco cberru^, Blyth, Ibis, 1862, p. 387 (eiT.). 



Pnigoliierax juggur. Cab. J.f. O. 1872, p. 156. 



Adult male. Lores, forehead, and a very distinct eyebrow white ; 

 crown of the head dull rufous, everywhere covered with central 

 shaft-markings of ashy black, the nape rather paler rufous, mottled 

 with black ; upper surface of the back ashy brown, with a faint 

 shade of clearer grey, all the feathers margined with pale fulvous, 

 the lower part of the back much clearer grey, the feathers not con- 

 spicuously paler-edged ; wing-coverts coloured like the back, the 

 carpal margin white ; quills greyish black, externally washed with 

 clearer grey, narrowly margined with fulvous, the inner secondaries 

 coloured like the back, obsoletcly barred with ashy, the inner webs 

 barred with white ; tail clear ashy grey, with a white tip, the outer 

 feathers darker and banded on the inner web with whitish ashy; 

 sides of the face and underiDarts creamy white, a line of feathers 

 under the eye extending along the upper ear-coverts, and a narrow 

 moustachiril streak, blackish ; on the lower breast a few brown 

 shaft-streaks, and the flanks and thighs ashy broviTi, some of the 

 former slightly tipped with white ; under wing-coverts for the most 

 part white, some of the lower ones dark brown, broadly margined 

 and spotted with white ; cere and gape bright yellow ; bill bluish, 

 black at tip ; feet yellow ; iris rich brown. Total length 1.5-5 inches, 

 culmen 1, wing 11-S, tail 7, tarsus 1-95. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but larger. Total length 17 

 inches, culmen 1-35, wing 13-6, tail 8-5, tarsus 1-95. 



Young. Above duU chocolate-brown, the wing-coverts washed 

 with rufous on their margins, this colour not seen on th£ dorsal 

 plumes ; quills barred on inner web with rufous buff, the small 

 secondaries tipped with fulvous ; tail-feathers ashy brown, with a 

 conspicuous creamy white tip, the inner webs barred with pale 

 rufous : forehead and distinct eyebrow whitish ; crown dark brown, 

 varied with rufous margins to the feathers ; sides of the face whitish, 

 streaked with dark brown ; under surface deep chocolate-brown, 

 the sides of the body and uiulcr wing-coverts slightly washed with 

 lufous. some of the breast-feathers margined with whitish, giving 

 a somewhat striped appearance : under tail coverts creamy white, 



