Mr. R. B. Sharpe's Catalogue of Accipitres, 



91 



2'4. The sex of none of these specimens is recorded by Mr. 

 Swinhoe; but another is mentioned by him as a male, in 

 which the measurement of the wing was 18'5 inches. 



In ' The Ibis' for 1870, at p. 86, Mr. Swinhoe thus records 

 the measurements of a pair of these birds obtained at Amoy : — 



The following measurements of specimens of Spilornis, 

 from various parts of India and the bordering countries, have 

 been taken by myself (where the sex of the specimen is not 

 mentioned, it has not been recorded) : — 



Wing. 

 in. 



Cashmere 19'5 



Himalayas 19*2 



18-7 



Nepal 17-4 



„ 17-8 



„ 18-6 



„ 19-7 



„ 20-4 



„ 20-7 



Nepal Terai, $ 19-3 



Assam 20-2 



„ 17 



Khalee Gungee, Assam 17 "5 



Sikkim 212 



Darjeeling 20-1 



17-5 



North-west India 17*6 



Northern India 20-2 



Rahun, near Etawah 19*4 



Bignor, near Hurdwah, $ . , . . 19'1 



Urbora Glen Afuri, S 20-6 



Secunderabad, 5 18-5 



Bengal 20-6 



. „ 20-5 



„ 18 



„ 2 181 



