74 FALCONING. 



70. FalCQ severUS, Borsf. Tr. Lin. Socy. xiii. p. 135 ; Blyth, Ibis. 

 1863, p. 8. Hypotriorchis severus, Gray, Gen. B., i. p. 20 ; Jerd. B. Ind. \. 

 p. 34 ; No. 14 ; Hume, Rough Notes, i. p. 87 ; Sharpe t Cat. Ace. B. M. p. 397 ; 

 Stray F. iv. p. 354 ; and pp. 533-5. The INDIAN HOBBY. 



Adult. Dark slaty blue above, black on the cheeks and ears ; beneath deep 

 rusty red, unspotted. Cere, orbital skin, and legs reddish yellow ; bill plumbeous. 



Length. Male, 10-5 inches ; wing 9 ; tail 4-5. 



Mr. Sharpe (Cat. Ace.) describes an adult female. Above black, with a 

 slight slaty grey shade, more distinct on the lower back, rump and tail, the 

 bars on the latter obsolete ; head, cheek and ear coverts black. Under surface 

 of body, bright chestnut ; throat and sides of neck creamy white, the latter 

 with a slight wash of chestnut. Under wing coverts bright chestnut, some of 

 the lower ones barred with black. Primaries black with a few rufous bars 

 near the base. Cere, orbits and feet yellow ; bill bluish black, yellow at 

 base ; iris dark brown. 



Length. 13-5 inches ; wing 8*5 to 875 ; tail 4*5 to 4.62 ; tarsus 1.15. 



Hab. Northern and Southern India ; Nilgherries, Travancore Hills, 

 Barrackpore ; the lower ranges of Kumaon and Gurhwal and the Himalayas 

 generally. Out .pf_India proper, Mr. Sharpe gives the Indo-Malayan sub- 

 region and Nepaul. Supposed to breed in the dense forests of Gurhwal. 



71. FalCQ Chiquera, Daud Traite, ii. p. 1 2 1 ; Blyth, Cat. Mus. As. 

 Socy. Beng. p. i4; Sharpe, Cat. Ace. Br. Mus. p. 403. Hypotriorchis chiquera, 

 Gray, Gen. B. i. p 20 ; Jerdon, B. Ind. i. p. 36, No. 16 Murray, Hdblc. 

 Zool., fyc., Sind, p. 108. Chiquera typus, Bp. Rev. Mag, de. Zool. p. 536, 

 1854; Hume, Sir. F., i. p. 157. Lithofalco chiquera, Hume, Rough Notes t 

 i.p. 91 ; Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 681. The Turrumti, Hind. The RED- 

 HEADED MERLIN. 



Adult Male.* Crown, nape, back, and sides of the neck chestnut ; fore- 

 head white ; sides of the face, chin, throat and neck white, except a faint, short, 

 moustachial stripe. Eyebrow and a narrow streak below the eye, black ; 

 back, scapulars, tertiaries, wing and primary coverts and secondaries slaty blue, 

 the feathers with dark shafts and barred with dark brown. Primaries dark or 

 blackish brown, their inner webs barred with white. Under wing coverts 

 white, barred with blackish brown; breast white, some of the feathers with 

 dark shaft-streaks ; rest of under surface white, barred transversely with black. 

 Tail like the back, the feathers barred with black, tipped white and with a 

 broad subterminal black band. Cere, orbits and feet yellow. Claws black ; 

 bill greenish yellow at base, black at the tip ; irides light brown. 



Length.- 11-5 to 12 inches; wing 8-25; tail 4-75 to 6 ; tarsus 1-5; 

 culmen '85. 



The adult female is similar to the male, but larger. Length. 13 inches ; 

 wing 9; tail 6-5 j tarsus 1*5 to 1*55. 



