404 Capt. J. Hayes Lloyd on the 



42. Haliaetus pulviventer. 



Not uncommon in the vicinity of large sheets of water, 

 such as the Null, the Ajuk Ghair, and similar places. A pair 

 of these birds had their nest in a peepul tree opposite my tent 

 at Baolee, near the Null; and I had daily opportunities of 

 watching their actions, which have heen well described by 

 Mr. Hume ( c Rough Notes/ pt. 1. no. 2) . Before leaving the 

 place, in February, I secured the two young birds, and kept 

 them for some time in an aviary at Rajkote. Whilst still in 

 the immature plumage (dark brown above, rather paler below) 

 they were liberated by a servant during my temporary ab- 

 sence ; by mistake ! he said. 



48. POLIORNIS TEESA. 



Very common. On one occasion a bird of this species 

 surprised me by pursuing and striking down a hen Florikin 

 {Sypheotides auritus) that I had wounded. 



51. Circus swainsonii. 

 Very common. 



52. Circus cineraceus. 

 Very common. 



These two species make their appearance in great numbers 

 before the close of the rains, C. cineraceus arriving in the 

 middle of September, and C. swainsonii about a fortnight 

 later. A young female of C. swainsonii, killed on the 11th 

 November, is in the immature plumage, with the whole under- 

 pays a.uniform unstreaked rufous buff colour. A fine series 

 of specimens that I possessed of both these species was un- 

 fortunately destroyed *. 



* My collection suffered greatly from the risks ordinarily attending 

 residence in India, aggravated by constant travelling. Negligence of ser- 

 vants on the march, upsetting of carts, depredations by dogs, cats, and 

 insects, have all at times wrought woe to me ; but amongst my greatest 

 losses I count the destruction by white ants of a number of Kattiawar 

 bird-skins : many of these I found no opportunity of replacing, though the 

 birds were not rare : others represented species which I had never met 

 with but once during three years' residence in the couutrv. 



