80 On the Birds of LucTcnow. 



No. 1260. Falco sui?buteo. Hobby. 



Morassani [H., teste Reid]. 



A somewhat rare cold-weather visitor, coming about 

 November and leaving in March. It is generally found in 

 pairs or small parties in the better-wooded and more marshy 

 parts. An almost illegible pencil note which I have just 

 come across gives " Pychan " as another name for this bird. 



No. 1261. Falco severus. Indian Hobby . 



Neither Reid nor I have ever met with this bird in the 

 wild state, but, as recently caught specimens are sometimes 

 to be seen in the bazaars, it must occur here occasionlly. 



No. 126 k ^Esalon chicquera. Red-headed Merlin. 



Turmooti, Turumti [H.]. 



In Oudh this bird is invariably known as the Turmooti, 

 and, though occasionally one hears it called Turumti, it is 

 generally by the European who is making enquiries regarding 

 it. Elsewhere, no doubt, the second spelling may be correct, 

 but not with us. 



This game little Falcon is fairly common and a permanent 

 resident, making a stick nest in some high tree about February 

 or March. I have seen only one or two of these nests, and, 

 unfortunately, have not got the eggs. In one case, after the 

 bird had laid two, a youngster broke out of bounds and 

 forestalled me. Some years ago five red eggs, handsomely 

 blotched with deep red-brown, were taken from a nest at the 

 top of a " cork ""-tree near the Kurshaed Munzil. Reid 

 took three fledged young from a nest at the top of a mango 

 on the 21st of April. The Turmooti preys largely on the 

 numerous Larks that swarm on the maidans, and often I have 

 witnessed some of the prettiest hawking imaginable. 



—No. 1265. Tjxnunculus alaudarius. Kestrel. 



Koruttia, Kursuttia [H.]. 



Very common during the cold weather. It departs to the 

 hills to breed, and the only egg that I have was kindly taken 

 for me by Mr. P. S. Lucas from a nest which he showed 

 me on a cliff near Solon below Simla. I know a nest of the 



