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nating belovv iii a small lobule ; tlie tragiis lineaij eiect, falciform, 

 and shorter than the auricle. 



The animal is uniformly and thickly covered by a short, very soft, 

 delicate silky hair, closely applied to the skin : this hair is about a 

 line in length on the back, but shorter and more delicate on the head ; 

 on the breast it is somewhat longer and downy. The colour of the 

 body and hair above is brown with a tawny hue ; underneath fulvous 

 ■with a slight tendency to gray ; the tint being uniformly distributed 

 over the throat, breast, ahdomen įind sides. The transparent mem- 

 brane is uniformly brovvii. 



The coUection of Birds formed by Major James Franklin, F.R.S. 

 &c., on the banks of the Ganges and in the raountain chain of Upper 

 Hindcostan, and presented totheSociety by the Physical Committee 

 of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta, (which had been laid on the table 

 on the 23rd November lašt,) was again exhibited. The exhibition 

 had been conmienced at the previous Meeting of the Committee, 

 vvhen the Rnptorial and Insessorial Birds were brought under the 

 notice of the Members present ; and it was now concluded by the 

 Rasorial, fVading, and Sioimming Birds. On the former occasion, Mr. 

 Vigors, and on the latter, Mr. Yarrell, availed themselves of the op- 

 portunity to remark on the geographical distribution of many of the 

 species contained in the collcction, and on otber points connected 

 with their history. They were exhibited in the order of the foHovving 



Catalogue of Birds (systematically arranged) which were collected on 

 the Ganges betvveen Calcutta and Benares, and in the Vindhyian 

 bills betvveen the latter place and Gurrah Mundela, on the Ner- 

 budda, by Major James Franklin, F.R.S. &c. 



Ordo i. RAPTORES. 



Fam. Falconid;E. 



Sub-Fam. Aąuilina. — Genus Aquila. 



1. AouiLA ViNDHiANA. y1q. palUde brunneo variegata ; capite, pec- 



tore, remigibus secundariis , cauddque saturatioribus, hujus apice 

 alhido graciliter viarginato ; remigibus primariis nigris; capitis col- 

 ligue pluviis pallido-rufo lanceolatis. 

 Longitudo 26 unc. 

 Cavmpoor Eagle, Lath. ? 



Sub-Fam. Falconina. — Genus Falco. 



2. Falco Subbuteo, Linn. Hobby, Penn. Le Hobereau, BufF. 



3. Falco Chicquera, Daud. Cliicįuera Falcon, Lath. Le Chicęuera, 



Le Vaill. 

 4*. Falco Tinnunculus, Linn. Kestril, Penn. La Cresserelle, Buff. 



Sub-Fam. Buteonina. — Genus Buteo. 

 5. Buteo Bachą. Falco Bachą, Daud. Bachą Falcon, Lath. Le 

 Bachą, Le Vaill. 



