180 MY LAST NOTES ON THE AVIFAUNA OF SIND. 



16.— Falco chiquera, Daud. 



Not very uncommon about Hyderabad and in the E. 

 Narra. 



24.— Accipiter nisus, Lin. 

 Not uncommon in the Lyarree Gardens, Karachi, 



59. — Elanus cseruleus, Desf. 



Occurs sparingly in the E. Narra. 



60. — Strix javanica, Gm. 



I have met with one on two or three occasions at Hyderabad. 



68. — Asio accipitrinus, Pall. 



Is not uncommon about Hyderabad, and I have observed it 

 also in the neighbourhood of Karachi. 



69. — Bubo bengalensis, Frankl. 



I have seen skins of two or three specimens shot in Lower 

 Sind. 



70. — Bubo coromandus, Lath. 



Not uncommon about Hyderabad and in the E. Narra, where 

 it breeds. 

 74.— Scops pennatus, Hodgs. 



Mr. Murray asked me to examine a lovely specimen of this 

 beautiful little Seops Owl that was captured alive iu the Lyarree 

 Gardens near Karachi on the 16th November last year* 

 (1877), and as it agreed exactly with the description in Jerdon, 

 I have no hesitation in referring it to this species. I sent it 

 to Mr. Hume, however, to make sure, and to my disgust it 

 was lost in the Post Office. It only lived a few days after it 

 was cauo-ht, and as I measured it after it died, I am fortunately 

 able to give the measurements, viz : — 



Sex L. W. T. B at f. including cere. B fr. g. Exp. 

 2 8 6-25 3 0-69 075 21 



Bill and cere, bluish plumbeous, dusky at tip ; legs and feet, 

 brownish grey ; irides, pale yellowish green or greenish yellow. 

 I have heard of no other instance of its occurrence in Sind. 



Since the above was in type I was fortunate enough to 

 secure another specimen at Hyderabad, measurements of which 

 I append. 



I found a pair of them sitting in a dense mango-tree in a 

 garden near the river, but one of them was so badly shot as to 



* This is the bird referred by Mr. Murray, Vol. VII, p. 113. 



