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transverse arrow head, dusky bars. The tail feathers, were pale 
slaty grey, tipped with rufous, and with numerous broad, trans- 
verse, well defined, slaty brown bars, broadest towards the tips. 
There was a blackish line under the eye, continued downwards 
for about an inch and a quarter, as a narrow cheek stripe. ‘The 
two cheek stripes nearly meet on the throat, about an inch and a 
half below the base of the lower mandible. ‘The whole of the 
lower parts were a rich rufous salmon colour, somewhat paler on 
the chin, and centre of the throat, and deeper on the ear coverts, 
sides of the neck, and centre of the abdomen. The breast, chin, 
and throat were perfectly spotless, the abdomen, flanks, lower 
tail coverts and tibial plumes were regularly, but rather widely 
barred with slaty brown; the bars, everywhere narrow, being 
nearly obsolete in the centre of the abdomen, and best marked 
on the flanks. The under wing coverts, were of a pale salmon 
colour, conspicuously barred with brown. 
I have never seen Fulco Biarmicus, Vemm. (p. col. T. t. 324.,) 
nor even Temminck’s figure, but Layard’s description and 
dimensions of this species, (Birds of South Africa, No. 27) recall 
to me the bird above described, and I cannot help suspecting 
a possible identity. Major Hi. Delme Radcliffe, our best Indian 
falconer, tells me that the back in this species becomes very pale 
slaty from age, the red of the head becomes slightly paler, but 
the rufous colour of the breast is maintained, or becomes deeper. 
In some, he has seen the head as red as that of the 'Toorumtee 
(Lithofalco Chiquera). He found it breeding near Murree. 
Dr. Jerdon gives the following dimensions, of a fresh bird, 
taken at Umritsur. Adult female. Length, 17, Hxpanse, 42. 
wing 12. ail, 6°5. Mid toe, and claw, 2°5. He also sends 
me the following brief note. 
“This is the common Shahin of the Punjab faleoners. In the 
cold weather it visits the plaims of the Punjab, N. W. P. and 
Oudh. I have had trained ones in my possession, but found it 
a very inferior bird for hawking, to Malco Perigrinator.” 
I believe, we may say that the Red cap occurs throughout 
Northern India, during the cold weather, as far south as (Gwa- 
lior, being rare east of the Jumna, less rare between the Sut- 
ledge and Jumna, and decidedly common west of the Sutledge, 
specially in the Peshawur valley, and the tract west of the Indus, 
and that it breeds in Cabool and Cashmere, and throughout the 
southern ranges of the Himalayas, west at any rate of Dalhousi, 
at heights of from four to seven thousand feet; but further m- 
formation in regard to this species is much required. 
