KOTES ON SIKHIM BIRDS. 223 



outer webs as in Mr. Blanford's description. Length 19"2, wing 15"4, 

 tail 9 "So, tarsus 2-7, tarsus feathered in front for 1*7, ruidtoe without 

 claw 1*2, claw round curve 0"78, inner toe 0'85, its claw 0*95. Bill 

 straight from end of cei'eo *68, round curveo '85, from gape 1"4, depth 

 at cere 0"6, breadth at gape 1"2. 



53. Circus melanoleuCUS. — Greater wing coverts and 

 tail silvery grey. 



55. Haliastur Indus. — Bill pale greenish-horny, yellowish at 

 tip and commissure. Cere yellow. Irides : of male golden-yellow, of 

 female bronzy-pink. 



64. Syrnium newarense. — Adult male. Length 22-5, wing 



15'3, tail 8"9, tarsus 2"5, bill at front (straight) 1'75, from gape r7. 

 Anterior margin of cere to point of bill (straight) TO, width at gape 

 1"25, depth of closed bill at cere 08, closed wings short of tail 2'5. 



Adult female. Length 20-0, wing 14*25, tail 8*7, tarsus 2*4, bill at 

 front 1*6, from gape r55, anterior margin at cere to point of bill 0*9, 

 width at gape 1*3, depth of closed bill at cere 0"8, closed wings short 

 of tail 2-5. 



These two birds are of identical appearance. The colour of the 

 bands on the coverls and scapulars range from silvery-white to fulvous- 

 bu£P. The tips of the quills are ashy. The pectoral band is present. 



72. Ketupa ceylonensis.— Length of this female 23-5. 

 Chin and upper throat ashy; lower throat white, some of the feathers 

 having dark brown centrings and shaft streaks, 



73. K. flavipes. — The lengths of these two birds are 25 and 

 22-6, and wing 18-2 and 18" 1 respectively. The bill is horny- 

 black with the lower mandible paler underneath. Claws dusky livid. 

 The ' dashes of brown ' on the undcr-surface are well-defined shaft 

 streaks about 2'0 long by 0"2 in breadth. Its call is considered an 

 omen of death ; hence it is called by the Lepchas niwiff, which means 

 'devil.' 



75. Scops lettia. — Mr. Gammie took the eggs of E. surpigi at 

 5,500'. 



76. Carine brama. — Bill greenish-horny, darker at base. 

 The feathers of hind neck are broadly margined at their tips with 

 ashy-white, forming a demi-collar of that colour. In the disc a whitish 

 supercilium in front. Chin, throat, and cheeks unsullied white. 



81. Ninox SCUtellatus. — Head and nape a darker and more 

 ashy-brown than rest of upper plumage. At sides of breast the spots 

 are massed together, forming a dusky ferruginous patch. On abdo- 

 men and thigh-covcrts the spots are cordate and of large size. Chin 

 ashy-white. Throat mottled with fulvous. 



107. CaprimulgUS indicus.— Mr. Gammie took its eggs at 

 5,500'. 



