Birds of the Jhelum District. 95 



Falco peregrinator. The Shalnn Falcon. 



A young falcon of the year was brought in to me on 

 November 27 by two men who saw it fall from a tree in the 

 Civil Lines ; it proved to be suflering from a gunshot wound 

 in the breast, and was so exhausted that it was a question 

 Avhether I should kill the bird for a specimen or hand it 

 over to my falconer ; the latter course prevailed, and my 

 man managed to save its life and train it to the lure. The 

 species is probably a fairly regular winter visitor, as there is 

 a well-known eyrie in the foot-hills some 30 miles away, 

 from which Colonel Stephen Biddulph once obtained a good 

 cass of Eyasses. 



Falco barbarus. The Barbary Falcon. 



Not known to breed in the district, but probably a passage 

 migrant. Several medium-sized Falcons seen were doubtless 

 of this species, but definite identification is diflficult except 

 with the aid of a gun or under the most favourable circum- 

 stances. I have seen or possessed several Barbary Falcons 

 (if F. barbarus is really the correct name of F. babylonicus) 

 which were caught on their first migration in July and 

 August in the Campbellpore district farther north. 



[In order to avoid any confusion, I must point out that 

 the species which Mr. Whistler met with was almost certainly 

 F. peregrinus babylonicus of Sclater, and is no doubt the 

 race which Anglo-Indians call the Barbary Falcon. The 

 Barbary Falcon proper, however, is a North-African form, 

 now known as F. peregrinus pelegrinoides of Temmiuck — 

 the Falco barbarus of most authors ; this name, which was 

 given by Linnteus to a Falcon depicted by Albin, however, 

 has been recently rejected, as it is considered that Albinos 

 plate is unrecognisable (vide Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. ii. 

 p. 1051).— C. B. r.] 



Falco jugger. The Laggar Falcon. 



The common and resident Falcon of the district, nesting in 

 March and April, both in trees and in holes and on ledges of 

 the cliffs in the Salt Range and the nullahs of the Chakwal 



