( 10%) 
birds passed within a foot of me, at the speed of a thunder bolt and 
hit against the wire netting with a force which stunned both of them. 
The whole affair was sudden and perplexing. When I had secured 
both birds, none the worse for the encounter, I discovered to my 
astonishment, the foremost bird was the female Grey-winged Ouzel 
(n 361). When they hit the wire netting in quick succession the kestrel 
was about 6 ins. behind, which seemed so dead beat thatit offered 
but slight resistance, both birds were fairly blown. The acquaintance 
thus roughly started, was soon forgotten ; kestrel and I became fast 
friends. It learnt to eat raw meat in preference to little birds and 
small mammals. Female kestrel is 15 ins. in length. Colour reddish 
with dark lines on back and wing coverts, head and neck ; tail tipped 
white with dark bars ; stripe on side of the head not so prominent 
as the falcons ; plumage below chesnut or reddish yellow with brown 
spots. 
(20) Hierax Evurotmos, /Vhite-naped Pigmy Falcon, though 
peculiar to Sikkim and eastern side of the Himalayas, it is a diffi- 
cult bird to find in Darjeeling. This pretty little hawk is shy and 
faithless, solitary in its habits, and usually hides among thick foliage 
of trees. Its peculiar note of warning is sometimes heard proceed- 
ing from the thick, sheltering cryptomeria trees ; you seldom get 
a sight of the bird, except when it is in denser forests. If observed 
unawares, it is usually seen sitting motionless and quiet on its perch. 
Eutolinos is 64 ins. long, about as big as a good sized lark. Colour is 
black, glossed with green, above ; white spots on the wing and tail ; 
breast white and lower parts ferruginous ; it has a broad white 
superciliary line of white, which is generally conspicuous ; bill, is 
blue and faleon-like, stout in size ; it has a short projecting double 
tooth. This species feeds much on insects, occasionally, on young 
or small birds, Flower-peckers, Honey-suckers and Willow Warblers. 
As their lurking places are generally discovered by the small birds or 
their larger custodians, the thrushes etc., they are usually driven off 
by the noise and racket these birds set up. Assisted by this com- 
motion, one is often aided in discovering this or one or other of the 
falcons or owlets. 
Sunp-FAMILY ACCIPITRINE® ( Hawks) 
These comprise, Goshawks and Sparrow-hawks, both well known 
birds. They have short, stout, curved bills, tooth blunt ; tarsi long ; 
toes and claws long, the latter curved and sharp ; wings short and 
rounded. When hunting for prey, Goshawks fly near the surface of 
the land ; skim silently over short, straggling bushes, and by/the side 
of tall spreading trees, Their flight is somewhat more typical to 
