12 FALCONIN. ~ 
in its intensity ; in some it is well marked, in others always a 
creamy or rufous-white. 
The Shaheen Falcon occurs sparingly throughout the country, 
with the exception of Sind, from whence it has not yet been re- 
corded. Dr. Jerdon says that it breeds on inaccessible cliffs, and 
that he has seen three eyries. One, at the large waterfall in 
Mhow, is within our district, and I have myself seen, during the 
cold season of 1881, a pair of Shaheens frequenting this spot. 
Major Butler had reason to believe that a pair bred annually at ~ 
Khandalla. , 
Falco sacer, Gm. 
10.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 29; Murray’s Vertebrate 
Zoology of Sind, p. 66; Hume’s Scrap Book, p. 62. 
. THE SAKER. 
Chargh, Hin. - 
3. Length, 19°81; wing, 15; tail, 92; tarsus, 2:13; bill from 
gape, 1:42. az 
?. Length, 22; wing, 15°5; tail, 10°75; tarsus, 2°13 ; bill from 
gape, 1°45. 
Young bird with the top of the head yellowish-white, brown 
streaked ; upper parts brown, with slight pale edgings to some of 
the feathers; beneath white, with large oval brown spots; legs 
and feet pale bluish; bill and cere bluish-black at tip. The 
adult has the upper parts rather pale slaty-brown, almost slaty 
in old birds ; cheek-stripe indistinct ; top of the head reddish-ash 
color with fine black streaks ; chin white ; breast and lower parts 
pie with oblong, slaty spots ; cere greenish-white; feet lemon- 
yellow. 
The Saker Falcon or Cherrug has only been obtained from Sind, 
where it is stated to be not common and only occurring in the 
cold weather. Those obtained were all in the immature phase. 
Falco juggur, J. LE. Gray. 
11.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 30; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray 
Feathers, Vol. III, p. 443; Deccan and South Mahratta 
country; Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 370; Murray’s Verte- 
brate Zoology of Sind, p. 67; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central 
India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 55’; Hume’s Scrap Book, p. 70. 
THE LAGGaR. 
Laggar, Female, Hin. 
Juggur, Male, Hin. 
&. Length, 15 to 16:5; expanse, 37 to 41; wing, 12 to 13; 
tail, 7 to 8; tarsus, 1-7 to 1:9; bill from gape, 1 to 1:12. 
?. Length, 17°5 to 19; expanse, 42 to 45; wing, 13 to 15; 
tail, 8 to 9; tarsus, 1°75 to 2; bill from gape, 1:15 to 1°37. 
In the young, the color of the legs and feet vary from pale 
plumbeous to dull greenish-grey; in the adult from full wax- 
