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woods, and runs down the fleetest of the ruminants. The 
wolves sometimes attack women and children, but never men. 
The jackals are in large troops, and do much damage in the 
vineyards. The fox is mostly solitary or in pairs. The 
moongus is useful in destroying snakes. ‘The hyzna is 
cowardly, entirely nocturnal in his movements, and never at- 
tacks live animals. The royal tiger and the leopard are for- 
midable to man and beast; but the people consider themselves 
safe against the attacks of the panther and smaller cats, when 
armed with a good stout stick. The Mus giganteus under- 
mines buildings. Of the rest of the wild animals it is not 
necessary to say more, than that they, like those just enu- 
merated, are most of them objects of the chase with the 
Mahrattas, who are capital horsemen, and many of them 
keen sportsmen. 
Birds.—The birds are very numerous; many of them not 
less useful to man, than agreeable from their plumage. Song- 
birds are, however, rare. My catalogue contains #32 species 
of the several orders, families, and genera. : 
Raptores.—There are 13 genera of the first order Rap- 
tores,—Vultur Indicus, Vultur Ponticerianus, Vultur Benga- 
lensis, Neophron Percnopterus, Haliaétus Ponticerianus, Cir- 
caétus brachydactylus, Aquila chrysaéta, Aquila bifasciata, 
Hematornus Bacha, Accipiter Dukhunensis, Accipiter Dus- 
sumieri, Astur Hyder, Falco Tinnunculus, Falco Chicquera, 
Circus pallidus, Cireus variegatus, Milvus Govinda, Otus 
Bengalensis, Strix Javanica, Strix Indranee, Ketupa Les- 
chenaulti, and Noctua Indica. Of the above order there are 
two new Accipiters, one new species of Circus, one Mélvus, 
and a Strix. The Neophron is the Ractamah of Bruce, the 
sacred vulture of the Egyptians, and it is a most useful sca- 
venger, removing all offal matters. The golden eagle is the 
same as that of Europe, and so is the Fuleo Tinnunculus ; 
and the harriers are scarcely distinguishable from the Euro- 
pean birds. The falcons, hawks, and goshawks, are used 
by the natives in hawking. 
Insessores.—There are 53 genera, and 116 species of the 
order IJnsessores. Few or none of these can be said to be 
useful to man, and only two of the species are songsters :— 
Merops viridis, Hirundo filifera, Hirundo Jewan, Hirundo 
concolor, Hirundo erythropygia, Cypselus affinis, Capri- 
mulgus monticulus, Caprimulgus Asiaticus, Caprimulgus 
Mahrattensis, Haleyon Smyrnensis, Alcedo rudis, Alcedo 
Bengalensis, Ceyx tridactyla, Muscipeta Paradisi, Muscipeta 
Indica, Muscipeta flammea, Muscipeta peregrina, Muscicapa 
melanops, Muscicapa Banyamus, Muscicapa Poonensis, Mus- 
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