Birds of Lucknow. 79 



No. 1255. Falco peregrinator. Shdhin Falcon. 



Kohi [H.]. 



Reid got a single specimen (adult (?) at Unao, and now 

 and then birds may be seen in the possession of falconers, 

 but I doubt whether these arc procured anywhere in the 

 vicinity of Lucknow. 



No. 1256. Falco barhahus. Barhary Falcon. 



I include this species on the strength of Captain Irb\ 7 s 

 specimen obtained at Barabanki in 1858. 



Major Cock, in the 'Gazetteer of Oudh/ gives it as one 

 of the birds of the Khcri district ; so, a9 Reid remarked, it 

 is probably a more or less frequent visitor to the Terai. 



No. 1257. Falco jugger. Lugger Falcon. 

 Laggar, Bhyri [H.]. Pigeon-Hawk [Anglo-Indians], 

 The Lugger is a permanent resident and fairly common. 

 It is found almost anywhere, but principally in the more 

 open country. It preys upon Pigeons in the city, where 

 it often does much mischief. A pair breed every year, 

 and have done — or their ancestors before them — for thirty 

 years at least, on the top of the monument standing in 

 the middle of the Martiniere tank. These birds never 

 seem to interfere with the Pigeons which live about the 

 College, but the Estate Superintendent has, on more than one 

 occasion, received letters complaining of them from persons 

 in distant parts of the city. More than one enraged and 

 blood-thirsty pigeon-owner has obtained leave to bring a 

 gun, but the position of the monument, and its great height, 

 put any idea of slaughter out of the question. Though nests 

 have been shown me on high trees, during the month of March., 

 I have never yet got the eggs. Reid, who found three half- 

 Hedged young birds in that month, states that the Lugger 

 begins to lay as early as December. Though capable of great 

 speed, I fancy that it is less dashing and pertinacious than the 

 Peregrine, and is inclined to get sulky if it misses its quarry. 

 At any rate, though sought after by sporting Nawabs, 

 falconers do not prize it nearly as much as they do the: 

 "pukka" Bhyri. 



