380 Zoological Society : — 



Subfamily Falconing. 



Genus Falco. 

 Falco luggur. 



Of the true Falcons, the Luggur is the most abundant on the table- 

 lands of Western India. The top of a tall tree in the midst of culti- 

 vation is its favourite resort. It breeds during the mouths of March, 

 April, and probably May, making its nest, like that of all the birds 

 of prey, of twigs and sticks on a tall tree, and lays four eggs, 1 y^ inch 

 in length, and \^ inch in breadth, of a reddish-white ground, 

 spotted with two shades of reddish-brown, and thickly mottled with 

 red-brown at the larger end ; some are of a more yellow colour. As 

 the plumage of the young birds has been already noted, any further 

 description is unnecessary. In the ^stomachs of two birds of this 

 species I found the remains of lizards. 



Falco chicqxjera. 



This handsome little Falcon is also common in Western India. It 

 is a bird of rapid flight, and peculiarly active and energetic in all its 

 movements. The natives told me that it is a great enemy to the 

 sparrows, killing numbers of them. Its shrill &creaai quite betokens 

 its fierce character. Like the last-named Falcon it lays four eggs, 

 smaller in size, of a yellow-brown, mottled with a darker shade of the 

 same colour, j)articularly at the larger end ; in length 1 -^ inch, and 

 nearly 1 ^ inch in breadth. It breeds during the months of February 

 and March. 



Falco tinntjnculus. Kestril. 



I have not been able as yet to discover whether this bird breeds in 

 the Deccan or not. 



Description of a New Species of Cypris. 

 By W. Baird, M.D., F.L.S. 



In a collection of shells procured some years ago by the British 

 IMuseum, from ;M. Parreyss of Vienna, were two species under the 

 name oiNucuUna, the N. donaciformis and N. triangularis. Neither 

 of these, however, belong to the Mollusca, both species being En- 

 tomostracans, and belouguig to two totally different genera. The 

 former I have described m the 'Annals' for 1850 (vol. vi. p. 89), 

 under the name of Estheria donaciformis ; the latter is the one now 

 imder consideration. It belongs to the genus Cijpris, and I propose 

 naming it C. triangularis. It may be characterized thus : — 



Cypris triangularis. 



Shell or carapace of a triangular form, smooth and shining, of a 

 transparent green colour ; anterior and posterior extremities nearly 

 of equal size ; centre of carapace very gibbous ; left valve overlap- 

 ping the other at the lower margin. 



Hah. Abeid, Kordofan. Mus. Brit. 



