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i 2 3 4, 
Male. | Female. | Female. | Female. 
LCN OR Ree. oa hy eae one 24-0 28°0 27:0 27:0 
EGON os orci Racy eter sneromeaass fb 000s 60:0 67:0 69°0 67:0 
Werehti Gar fis) 20.08.68. Beer ey Lae on oss 4:6 4:0 4:06 
NV ORE RPO ere Sos PES ee soe 18:0 21:0 19°5 195 
Which primary longest, ............ 5th 5th [4th & 5th 4th & 5th 
Ist Primary falls short of longest by ile eae vata 4°75 4°78 
7 ae = pV Dchaks (ote Waites 1-75 15 
ord A STE Mcafee co ecu ge, leacmee es 0°75 0°6 
Length of tail from VONU neon aren 10-0 11°25 10:0 10:0 
Tarsus, Le eR RA ene BE teh stb 2°75 3°25 3°31 3°25 
Foot, greatest length, ...........0.5. 50 6:0 5°75 55 
. width, Paeten Saleen e's 4°38 50 50 4°63 
Mid toe to root of claw, pee eae 2:0 2°5 2-5 2°38 
Tts'claw along curve, ....s0.c.seness 1:25 1°38 1:25 1:25 
Hind toe to root of Clanwaxaseseae ace 1:0 1:13 1:13 1:06 
Its claw along curve,............0000+ 15 1-75 1°75 15 
Bill, including cere from forehead 
straight to point, ...,.0:...0sece0e 15 18 2°0 2:0 
esd RODD CULVE 55-54) 60s sevieseas 2A, 2 56 2°63 2°63 
BA OMY SAPS, ¢....is.eksons Sdepine asec 2-25 2°5 2°56 2°56 
BH WLU OY) REL OADEs sez sccnce sees vscs 2°13 2°25 2'0 2°06 
» height at margin of cere, ...... bare Ae ER, 0°75 078 
Were eneih, OMCHIMNEN. secskddsd lh. «caved il) ae fe. 0:75 O81 
Besides this, the great majority of my specimens have 
recorded on their tickets, certain leading measurements, taken 
from the fresh bird, before skinning, (along with date, place, 
colours of soft parts, contents of stomach, and sex,).and from 
these I transcribe a number of measurements. 
pleted a work on Indian ornithology, very inferior to Dr. Jerdon’s sub- 
sequently published one, and therefore on this account not to be regretted ; 
but still containing much that his volumes do not supply about the Birds of 
the Punjaub and the N. W. Provinces, and the first work of its kind. The 
fair copy, en route to the printer, was destroyed, with the rest of the contents 
of the mail bags, by rebels; while the original notes, with my vast col- 
lections, including nearly 2000 species of Asiatic and Australian birds were 
burnt a few weeks later at Etawah by mutineers. I see nothing improbable 
in the recurrence of an equally serious cataclysm, in the event of England’s 
becoming involved in a general European war, 
