152 Lt.-Col. Sir O. B. St. John on the Birds 



■which is very common in Southern Persia and in Kashmir, 

 but I have never shot it. 



11. MiCRONISUS BADIUS (Gm.). 



Procured by Dr. Duke at Kozdar and in Kelat, and by 

 Colonel Swinhoe at Kandahar. I have frequently seen it at 

 Quetta in spring and autumn. 



12. AcciPiTER Nisus (Linn.). 



Common all over the province in spring and autumn. 



13. AcciPiTER BREviPEs, Scvcrtzov. 



Two out of seven Sparrow-Hawks obtained by a collector 

 whom I left at Quetta were identified by Mr. Blanford as 

 belonging to this Central Asian species. Of the others two 

 were A. nisus, and the remaining three Micronisus badius. 



Mr. Barnes (Str. F. ix. p. 451) mentions that Accipitei- 

 virgatus was obtained by Mr. Murray atChaman, but hedocs 

 not mention having himself seen it. A. virgatus is not re- 

 corded by Mr. Murray from Sind, and is, I believe, essentially 

 a forest bird. Neither Col. Swinhoe nor myself obtained it, 

 nor has it been found in Persia. Under these circumstances 

 I venture to doubt its occurrence at Chaman. 



14. Aquila imperialis (Bechst.). 



Large Eagles are not uncommon throughout the province. 

 Two specimens obtained by Col. Swinhoe at Kandahar were 

 identified in England as A. imperialis. Mr. Hume believes 

 that he saw A. chrysaetus on the Mekran coast, and I am 

 inclined to think that it also occurs about Kandahar. 



15. Aquila clang a, Pallas. 



Mr. Hume identified a Spotted Eagle which I obtained in 

 Kandahar as A. clanga. 



16. Aquila pennata (Gm.). 



Mr. Hume obtained a specimen from Nal in 1877, and I 

 shot one at Quetta last year. It is not uncommon about the 

 latter place, but I did not observe it at Kandahar. 



17. CiRCAETUS GALLICUS (Gm.). 



I have never been able to procure a specimen, but an 



