300 



FALCONID.E. 



Falco jugger, /. E. Gray. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 6.) 



Falco iugger, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 393 (1874) ; Gates ed. Hume, 

 Nests ^- Eggs hid. B. iii. p. 186 (1890); Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, iii. p. 419 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 274 (1899). 



The eggs of the Laggar Falcon are characterized bj^ their general 

 pale colour. The ground-colour is pale reddi.sh or yellowish brown, 

 and occasionally pale buff, thickly speckled and spotted all over with 

 a darker shade of the ground-colour. Some specimens exhibit 

 clouds and blotches, but as a rule the markings are small and 

 seldom bold and sharply defined. They are usually equally disrri- 

 buted over the shell, but in few eggs there is a tendency to the 

 formation of a cap at either end. ISomc examples are of a nearly 

 uniform pale dingy buff. They measure from 1-85 to 2-1.5 in length, 

 and from 1'45 to 1-65 in breadth. 



3. 



2. 



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 15. 



9. 

 20. 



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2. 



1. 



1. 



3. 



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3. 



Kuldja, 30th April {Field Coll.). 



India. 



India, 16th Jan. 



India, 20th Jan. 



Sirsa District, Punjab, Feb. 



Sirsa District, 15tli June. 



Sirsa. 



Sirsa, 3rd Feb. 



Sirsa, 15th March. 



Sirsa, 28th March. 



Sirsa, 15th April. 



Sirsa, 20th Way. 



Sirsa, 20th June. 



Hansi, Punjab, Jan. ( W. F. 



Blevitt). 

 Hansi, 25th Jan. ( W. F. B.). 

 Hansi, 8th Feb. (W. F. B.). 

 Hansi, 14th Feb. ( W. F. B.). 

 Hansi, 16th Feb. (W. F. £.). 

 Hansi, 18th Feb. ( W. F. B.). 

 Hansi, 2,5th Feb. (IF. F. B.). 

 Hansi, March ( W. F. B.). 

 Hansi, 20th March ( W. F. B.). 

 Hansi, April ( W. F. B.). 

 Chuli, near Hansi, 19th Jan. 



(H. S. Niel). 

 Bhuku, near Hansi, 22nd Jan. 



(H. S. N.). 

 Ludwi, Punjab, 30th March. 

 Gurgaon, Punjab, lOth March. 

 Gurhi Hursroo, near Delhi, 



20th Jan. 

 Gurhi Hursroo, 23rd Jan. 

 Gurhi Hursroo, 4th Feb. 

 Gurhi Hursroo, 10th Feb. 

 Bhurtpur, Jan. 

 Bhurtpur, 25th Jan. 

 Bhurtpur, 28th Jan. 



Crowley Bequest. 

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 Hume Coll. 

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 Hume Coll. 



Hume CoU. 

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 Hume CoU. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

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Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

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Hume Coll. 

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 Hume CoU. 

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