12 FALCONING. 



in its intensity ; in some it is well marked, in others always a 

 creamy or rufous-white. 



The Shaheen Falcon occurs sparingly throughout the country, 

 with the exception of Sind, from whence it has not yet been re- 

 corded. Dr. Jerdon says that it breeds on inaccessible cliffs, arid 

 that he has seen three eyries. One, at the large waterfall in 

 Mhow, is within our district, and I have myself seen, during the 

 cold season of 1881, a pair of Shaheens frequenting this spot. 

 Major Butler had reason to believe that a pair bred annually at 

 Khandalla. 



Falco sacer, Gm. 



10. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 29 ; Murray's Vertebrate 

 Zoology of Sind, p. 66 ; Hume's Scrap Book, p. 62. 



THE SAKER. 

 Chargh, Hin. 



c?. Length, 19'81 ; wing, 15; tail, 9'2 ; tarsus, 2'13; bill from 

 gape, 1-42. 



? . Length, 22 ; wing, 15'5 ; tail, 1075 ; tarsus, 213 ; bill from 

 gape, 1-45. 



Young bird with the top of the head yellowish- white, brown 

 streaked ; upper parts brown, with slight pale edgings to some of 

 the feathers ; beneath white, with large oval brown spots ; legs 

 and feet pale bluish; bill and cere bluish-black at tip. The 

 adult has the upper parts rather pale slaty-brown, almost slaty 

 in old birds ; cheek-stripe indistinct ; top of the head reddish-ash 

 color with fine black streaks ; chin white ; breast and lower parts 

 white, with oblong, slaty spots ; cere greenish-white ; feet lemon- 

 yellow. 



The Saker Falcon or Cherrug has only been obtained from Sind, 

 where it is stated to be not common and only occurring in the 

 cold weather. Those obtained were all in the immature phase. 



Falco juggur, J. E. Gray. 



11. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 30; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray 

 Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 443 ; Deccan and South Mahratta 

 country ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 370 ; Murray's Verte- 

 brate Zoology of Sind, p. 67 ; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central 

 India; Ibis, 1885, p. 55j Hume's Scrap Book, p. 70. 



THE LAGGAB. 

 Laggar, Female, Hin. 

 Juggur, Male, Hin. 



<J. Length, 15 to 16'5 ; expanse, 37 to 41 ; wing, 12 to 13 ; 

 tail, 7 to 8 ; tarsus, 17 to T9 ; bill from gape, 1 to 112. 



?. Length, 17'5 to 19; expanse, 42 to 45; wing, 13 to 15; 

 tail, 8 to 9 ; tarsus, 175 to 2 ; bill from gape, 115 to 1-37. 



In the young, the color of the legs and feet vary from pale 

 plumbeous to dull greenish-grey ; in the adult from full wax- 



