300 



FALCONIDJE. 



Falco jugger, J. E. Gray. 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 6.) 



Falco jugger, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 393 (1874) ; Gates ed, Hume, 

 Nests $ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 186 (1890) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. 2nd., 

 Birds, iii. p. 419 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 274 (1899). 



The eggs of the Laggar Falcon are characterized by their general 

 pale colour. The ground-colour is pale reddish or yellowish brown, 

 and occasionally pale buff, thickly speckled and spotted all over with 

 a darker shade of the ground-colour. Some specimens exhibit 

 clouds and blotches, but as a rule the markings are small and 

 seldom bold and sharply denned. They are usually equally distri- 

 buted over the shell, but in few eggs there is a tendency to the 

 formation of a cap at either end. Some examples are of a nearly 

 uniform pale dingy buff. They measure from 1-85 to 2'15 in length, 

 and from 1*45 to 1*65 in breadth. 



3. Kuldja, 30th April (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. - 



2. India. Gould Coll. 



1. India, 16th Jan. Hume Coll. 



1. India, 20th Jan. Hume Coll. 



15. Sirsa District, Punjab, Feb. Hume Coll. 



9. Sirsa District, 15th June. Hume Coll. 



20. Sirsa. Hume Coll. 



1. Sirsa, 3rd Feb. Hume Coll. 



2. Sirsa, 15th March. Hume Coll. 

 1. Sirsa, 28th March. Hume Coll. 

 1. Sirsa, 15th April. Hume Coll. 



3. Sirsa, 20th May. Hume Coll^ 



1. Sirsa, 20th June. Hume Coll. 



3. Hansi, Punjab, Jan. ( W. F. Hume Coll. 



Blewitt). 



4. Hansi, 25th Jan. ( W. F. B.}. Hume CoU. 



2. Hansi, 8th Feb. ( W. F. B.). Hume Coll. 

 6. Hansi, 14th Feb. ( W. F. B.). Hume Coll. 



4. Hansi, 16th Feb. ( W. F. B.). Hume Coll. 



3. Hansi, 18th Feb. ( W. F. B.). Hume CoU. 

 3. Hansi, 25th Feb. ( W. F. B.). Hume Coll. 



5. Hansi, March ( W. F. B.). Hume Coll. 



2. Hansi, 20th March ( W. F. B.). Flume Coll. 



6. Hansi, April ( W. F. B.}. Hume Coll. 



3. Chuli, near Hansi, 19th Jan. Hume Coll. 



(H. S. Niel). 



3. Bhuku, near Hansi, 22nd Jan. Hume Coll. 



(H. S.N.). 



5. Ludwi, Punjab, 30th March. Hume Coll. 



2. Gurgaon, Punjab, 10th March. Hume Coll. 



3. Gurhi Hursroo, near Delhi, Hume Coll. 



20th Jan. 



4. Gurhi Hursroo, 23rd Jan. Hume Coll. 

 4. Gurhi Hursroo, 4th Feb. Hume Coll. 

 3. Gurhi Hursroo, 10th Feb. Hume Coll. 

 1. Bhurtpur, Jan. Hume Coll. 

 1. Bhurtpur, 25th Jan. Hume Coll. 

 1. Bhurtpur, 28th Jan. Hume Coll. 



