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On the 24th of that month we took two nests in low trees 

 along the Jhelum and shot one bird, which proved to be a 

 male of the larger species. We once or twice saw a single 

 Kite in the Sind Valley ; they, however, looked small, and 

 did not seem to possess the huge white wing-patch so 

 apparent on the larger Valley Kite : they may have beea 

 M. govinda. 



112. Circus ^ruginosus (Linn.). 



This was the only Harrier we saw in Kashmir ; we found 

 a few specimens in the neighbourhood of the marshes in the 

 valley in April, but did not see it elsewhere or later. 



113. BUTEO FEROX (Gm.) . 



A Buzzard, which, from a close examination through a 

 glass, we identified as of this species, was seen occasionally 

 in the hills both at Gund and Sonamurg. It was evidently 

 breeding, and continually uttered its long wailing cry. We 

 unluckily did not shoot a specimen, as we always expected 

 to find a nest. 



114. AcciPiTER Nisus (Linn.). 



We noticed this bird occasionally in the high hills of the 

 Sind Valley and shot a very dark male at Sonamurg on the 

 7th June. 



115. Falco peregrinus Tanst. 



We noticed this bird only twice : once near the Woolar 

 Lake in April, and again on the evening of the 6th May 

 at Sonamurg. 



116. Falco subbuteo Linn. 



We saw a Hobby, probably of this species, on the 20th and 

 21st June at Kagan, near the foot of the Sind Valley. We, 

 however, unfortunately had not a gun in our hands when it 

 flew close over our heads. 



117. TiNNUNCULUS ALAUDARIUS (Gm.). 



The Kestrel was common in the Sind Valley, and was 

 noticed also on the Tukht-i-Suliman. It was breeding on 

 several of the inaccessible cliff's in the Sind Valley. 



