216 BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 



587. PALCO PEREGRINATOH. 

 THE INDIAN PEREGRINE. 



Falco peregrinator, Sundev. Phys. Tidsskr. Lund, 1837, p. 177, pi. 4 ; id. Ann. Nat. 

 Hist. ser. 1, xviii. p. 454 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 25 ; Hume, Rough Notes, i. p. 55 ; 

 id. Nests and Eggs, p. 14 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. i. p. 382 ; Bl. $ Wald, 

 B. Burm. p. 58 ; Hume, S. F. v. p. 500 ; Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi. p. 1 ; Hume, S. F. 

 viii. p. 81 ; Gurnet/, S. F. viii. p. 424'; Legge, Birds Ceylon,^. 106 ; Oates, S. F. 

 x. p. 178; Gurney, Ibis, 1882, p. 291. 



Description. Male and female. Similar in general character of plumage 

 to F. peregrinus, but differs chiefly in having the crown, nape, upper back, 

 wing-coverts and moustachial stripes deep black, and the lower surface 

 deep rufous with very few marks, these being chiefly on the thighs, under 

 tail-coverts and sides of the body. 



The young are blackish above, the feathers more or less margined with 

 rufous, and the lower surface rich tawny streaked with black. 



The dimensions do not differ appreciably from those of F. peregrinus. 



The Indian Peregrine was sent to Lord Tweeddale by Colonel Lloyd 

 many years ago. The specimen in question is said to have been shot at 

 Tonghoo, and there is no other instance known of its having occurred in 

 Burmah. 



It is met with throughout the greater part of the Indian peninsula from 

 the Himalayas to Ceylon. 



This bird is hardly more than a race of the Peregrine. Another race is 

 F. atriceps from the north-west of India, the chief characteristic of which 

 lies in the moustachial band, which is not separated from the black of the 

 head as in F. peregrinus and F. peregrinator. 



588. FALCO SEVERUS. 

 THE INDIAN HOBBY. 



Falco severus, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 135 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. i. 

 p. 397 ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi. p. 2 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 81 Legge, Birds 

 Ceylon, p. 110. Hypotriorchis severus, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 34; Hume, Rough 

 Notes, i. p. 87 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 2 ; Bl. B. Burm. p. 59. 



Description. Male and female. The whole upper plumage, cheeks and 

 ear-coverts dark slaty black ; traces of rufous on the nape ; chin, throat 

 and sides of the neck creamy white with a chestnut tinge ; whole lower 



