96 Mr. Ungli Whistler on the 



])lateau. Although but seldom traiued in the Punjab, owing 

 to the ease with which better kinds of Falcon are obtained, 

 the Laggar is a bold bird of fine flight, and to the falconer is 

 a nuisance through resenting the presence of trained birds on 

 its own particular beat. I have seen one stoop at a Peregrine 

 feeding on its owner's wrist, and at hooded Peregrines placed 

 temporarily on the ground, -while on another occasion a pair 

 drove out of sight and lost for me a young Barbary Avhich 

 I had flown at a Partridge. They are not such fast flyers 

 as Peregrines. 



Falco cherrng. The Saker or Cherrug Falcon. 



A not uncommon winter visitor, noted on various dates 

 from November until February. On April 9 a trained 

 Falcon of this species was caught in an exhausted condition 

 by a man near Jhelum and brought in to me, but I never 

 found the owner, who had most likely released it at the end 

 of the season. 



.ffisalon regulus. The Merlin. 



942.5.12.1913. Chakwal. c? • Wing 200 mm. 



A winter visitor in small numbers, noted from December 

 until F'ebruary. 



[Iris dark brown; feet yellow, claws black; bill, basal 

 half blue-grey, anterior half black. 



This belongs to the pale race, yE. r. insignis Clark. — 

 C. B. T.'] 



JEsalon chicquera. The Red-headed Merlin. 



828. 21.8.1918. Jhelum. S- Wing 197 mm. 



A common and resident species, nesting in March and 

 April. 



[Iris brown ; feet bright yellow, claws black ; bill, basal 

 half flesh-yellow, rest i)lue-black ; eyelid and cere bright 

 yellow.— d B, 7'.] 



Tinnunculus alaudarius. The Kestrel. 

 1350.22.3.1914. Jhelum. ^. Wing 246 mm. 

 A common w'intervisitor from August until the beginning 

 of April. Possibly a few pairs breed in the Salt Range, as 



