214 THE FOOD OP BIRDS IN ifcfclA. 



. ;'*' 1257. Falco jugger. Laggar Falcon. A great variety of 

 small birds, and often snatching a chicken in the midst of a canton- 

 ment. Jerd. B. I. I, 31. Trained for crows, paddy-birds Ardea 

 bubulcus, night Herons, partridges, florikin, and even the Heron 



A. cinerea. Jerd. B. I. I, 31. Drongo. B. N. H. S. J. XIV, 174. ? 



1258. Falco cherrug. Saker or Cherrug Falcon. Antelopes. 

 Jerd. B. I. I, 29. Feeds in the Punjab very much on the Uromas- 

 tix hardwickii, a lizard of dry regions. It is trained for hares, 

 gazelles cranes, Houbara Otis macqueeni, herons, kites Milvus 

 govinda. F. I. Ill, 421. 



1260. Falco subbuteo. Hobby. Small birds, larks, & and 

 not infrequently insects. One crammed with Dragon-flies. Jerd. 



B. I. I, 34. Much on insects, especially Dragon-flies. F. I. Ill, 

 423. Chiefly insectivorous. B. N. H. S. G. XIX, 505. Trained for 

 quails, larks, hoopoes, and king crows. F. I. Ill, 423. For 

 quails and larks in Europe. Jerd. B. I. I, 34. Insects and birds. 

 E. B. C. N. H, 176. 



1261. Falco severus. Indian Hobby. Chiefly insectivorous. 

 B. N. H. S. J. 10., 505. Locusts or grasshoppers. B. N. H. S. J. 

 XIV, 174. Largely perhaps chiefly on insects. F. of I, III, 424. 



1262. Erythropus amurensis. Eastern Red-legged Falcon. 

 Rice fields in evenings for moths and beetles. B. N. H. S. J. 

 XII, 61. 



1263. Msalon regulus. Merlin. Small birds chiefly, formerly 

 a favourite with Falconers. F. I. Ill, 427. Used to be trained 

 for quails, larks and even snipe. JerdonI, 36. Small birds chiefly. 

 E. B. C. N. H., 177. 



1264. Msalon chicquera. Turumti or Red-headed Merlin. 

 Grasshoppers : ants. B. N. H. S. J. XIV, 174 ? Small birds arid 

 mice in cultivated areas. B. N. H. S. J. ? Mainly on small 

 birds : trained for Coracias indica. F. I. Ill, 428. 



Lark, sparrows, wagtails : chiefly on birds especially social 

 larks (Coryphidea calandrella), sparrows and the small ringed plo- 

 vers (Charadrius), also not unfrequently bats. Flown at quail, 



