Mr. A. Hume on Indian Ornitholof/ij. 407 



This species therefore differs in its leading characteristics 

 from all our Indian Goatsuckers. In general appearance it 

 most resembles C. kelaarti ; but as regards . the white on the 

 tail and the extent of the feathering of the tarsus it belongs to 

 a different group from this species and C. indicus. The best 

 description I can give of its plumage is, that it is an excessively 

 pale and grey version of C. indicus, and that, while (with the 

 exception of the difference in the size of the white markings on 

 tail and wings) the sexes closely resemble each other, the under 

 tail-coverts of the male are a uniform rufous buff, while those 

 of the female are somewhat paler and are very distinctly barred 

 with narrow bars more than a quarter of an inch apart. 



The dimensions of a female measured in the flesh were : — 

 Length 10-25"; expanse 19-25"; tail 4-75"; wing 6-95". Wings 

 when closed reached to within one inch of the end of tail. 



The male (not measured in the flesh) is slightly larger, and 

 has the wing 7'2" long. 



Through the kindness of Dr. Henderson, the medical officer 

 of the party, the birds collected during the Yarkand Expedition 

 have been submitted to me for examination. Dr. Henderson 

 and I contemplate publishing shortly some notes on the orni- 

 thology of the expedition, with a few plates of the new and 

 hitherto unfigured species of which he obtained specimens. In 

 the mean time I here characterize briefly seven species which I 

 believe to be new to science : — 



1. Falco hendersoni, sp. nov. The Shanghar. 



Male. — Dimensions: length 20 inches; wing 14; tail from 

 vent 7*5; tarsus 2-15, feathered for 1-3; mid toe to root of claw 

 1*7; its claw, straight from root to point, 0.63. 



Plumage. — Upper surface like a female Kestrel, brown and grey 

 brown, regularly and broadly barred throughout, except on the 

 head, with bright rufous. Below creamy white, nearly spotless, 

 except on the flanks, where it is broadly barred with dark brown*. 



2. Galerida magna, sp. nov. The Crested Steppe-Lark. 

 Male. — Dimensions: length 8-0 inches; expanse 14-0; tail 



3-0; wing 4-4; bill at front 0-75. 



* [Probably the same as F. milvipes, Jerdoii, d/itca. p. 240. — Ed.] 



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