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9.— Falco peregrinator, Sund. 



D. daily saw a pair chasing one another near Adul, on the 

 Khoinoor River, Satara Districts. 



11. — Falco juggur, Gray. 



Very common in the dry districts. 



Found our first nest with one fresh egg on 4th January, and 

 our last, with three almost fresh eggs, on 14th March. 



On the last nest, built in a Neem tree, about 12 feet from the 

 ground the male bird was sitting, while the female was perched 

 on another tree a hundred yards away. 



16.— Falco chicquera, Baud. 



Very common, breeding abundantly all over the districts. 

 First nest observed on 28th February, and the last 28th March. 

 Four nests, each contained three fresh eggs. Some birds certain- 

 ly breed prior to the first date. 



17.— Cerchneis tinnuncula, Lin. 



Common throughout the district in the cold weather, and 

 D. thinks it breeds at Mahableshwur. 



18. — Cerchneis naumanni,* Fleish. 



Common in the cold season. D. one evening, on 4th Janu- 

 ary, in the Sholapoor District, saw a flock of several hundreds 

 roosting on about twenty big trees near a village. He did not 

 shoot a bird, but he has no doubt that it was this species. In 

 the middle of May it was apparently breeding, i.e., it was 

 " calling" at the Genna Falls and Arthur's Seat, at Maha- 

 bleshwar. 



23.— Astur badius, Gmel. 



Common at all seasons. Nest with two fresh eggs found 

 in a mangoe tree on 31st March 1875. 



24.— Accipiter nisus, Lin. 



Common in cold weather. 



27— Aquila mogilnik, S. G. Gm. 



A young male shot in August. 



* In this and some other cases, not having seen specimens, I cannot be certain 

 whether the specific name has been correctly assigned — the bird referred to may be 

 C. pekinensis. I have ncrcr yet examined a Southern Indian example of a Lesser 

 Kestril,— A. 0. H. 



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