94 Mr. Hugh Whistler on the 



Juvenile. Feet pale greenish yellow ; iris pale yellow. 

 The female had both right and left ovary developed ; the 

 adult male is just completing a full moult. — C. B. !/'.] 



Accipiter nisus. The Sparrow-Hawk. 



1356.28.3.1914. Jhelum. S- Wing 208 mm. 



A not uncommon winter visitor from September until the 

 first half of April; said to occur often on the sparsely- 

 wooded slopes of the Salt Range ; at any rate, I noted a 

 male on February 4 in a small tree in one of the bare 

 nullahs at the base of the hills. 



[Iris orange with a paler inner ring ; feet bright yellow ; 

 bill, basal half blue-grey, rest black ; cere and gape dull 

 greenish yellow. 



This is a paler bird on the upper parts than British 

 specimens, and in this respect matches some from China. — 

 C. B. T.-] 



Pernis cristatus. The Crested Honey-Buzzard. 



A summer visitor in small numbers, first noted on INIarch 

 18 and last on October 28. A pair or two probably breed in 

 the Rak. 



Falco peregrinus. The Peregrine Falcon. 



957. 10.12.1914. Jhelum. ? . Wing 365 mm. 



A not uncommon winter visitor from the beginning of 

 October until the last week in March, chiefly met with 

 along the river. The Peregrine in the Jhelum district is a 

 bird of very fixed habits. Having arrived, it selects a regular 

 locality and stays there, largely keeping to one particular 

 tree as a resting-place. Before sunrise it sallies forth to 

 hunt, and having fed, retires to the favourite tree for medita- 

 tion until the evening brings it out again. The same line 

 of flight may be followed for several days in succession as 

 it proceeds to the hunting-grounds. Peregrines were often 

 to be seen in the gardens of the Civil Lines — at one time 

 I knew of at least three individuals that had been noticed 

 within a^ile of my bungalow. 



