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only 15 feet off the ground; but as a rale they build very high 

 up and on thick branches, thus rendering it very difficult to 

 secure the eggs. As many as eight nests were on one large 

 Peepul tree not far from the factory and right on the thorough- 

 fare leading to Furreedpore. 



8— Falco peregrinus, Gmel. 



A male shot off a large Peepul tree, in the factory com- 

 pound, measured : — Length, 16*50 ; expanse, 35*25 ; wing, 12*0; 

 tail from vent, 6*33; tarsus, 1*75; bill from gape, 1" 12; bill 

 at front, 1*0; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 1*50. 

 Shot on 9th January 1878. 



Far from common. During the cold season I only observed 

 three birds, of which one was secured. They are only to be 

 seen when after prey, for during the day they remain in the 

 centre of some large Peepul or Bur tree. 



11— Falco jugger, Gray. 



Ylth December 1877. — Shot a female which measured as fol- 

 lows : — Length, 18*25; expanse, 4075 ; wing, 14*0; tail from 

 vent, 8*50 ; tarsus, 2*0 ; bill from gape, 1*25 ; bill at front, in- 

 cluding cere, 1*08 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 1*75. 



loth January 1878, Male. — Length, 17*0 ; expanse, 38*0; 

 wing, 12*09; tail from vent, 7*59 ; tarsus, 1*59 ; bill from gape, 

 l - 09 ; bill at front, including cere, 0*95 ; closed wings fall short 

 of end of tail, 1*50. 



Rather common. Very partial to the large trees that 

 grow round the skirts of every large " beel." They are very 

 annoying to a sportsman as they stoop at wounded game. I 

 was once out Snipe-shooting and had wounded a Snipe, when a 

 pair of these birds stooped at the game. They did not get the 

 bird though as it had crept under the " dooV grass, which was 

 a foot long and very thick. After hovering over the place for 

 a few seconds, and not seeing the bird move, they flew away. 

 Neither of the birds I shot showed any signs of breeding. My 

 belief is, that they breed in this district, as a pair which had been 

 hanging about the factory compound since the 23rd October 

 were seen by me in coitu on the 7th November 1877. Nothing 

 came of these domestic arrangements ; and, although I hunted 

 every suitable spot round the factory, I failed to find a nest. 

 Their cry is very shrill. 



13.— Falco subbuteo, Lin, 



28th May 1878, Female. — Length, 13*25 ; expanse, 31*75; 

 wing, 10*42 ; tail from vent, 6*10; tarsus, 1*25 ; bill from gape, 



