SOME NOTES ON SINDH BIRDS. 505 



[971 bis.— Clangula glaucion, Lin. 



This species must, as already noted, VII, 464, be added to 

 the Sindh list.— Ed. S. F.J 



Section 2. 

 Birds not new to the Sindh List. 

 8. — Falco peregrinus, Gmel. 



Shot a very fine female at Dadoo, a place north of Sehwan, 

 on the 26th December 1878 ; it was sittiug in a babool tree in 

 the middle of a dhund. 



Length, 18*62; expanse, 44*75 ; tail, 8*12; wing, 14*3; bill 

 at front, 1*25 ; bill from gape, 1*3. 



\ Legs yellow ; irides deep brown ; cere pale greenish yellow ; 

 bill horny, very dark at tip. 



60. — Strix javanica, Gmel. 



Killed a very handsome female on the 6th January 1879, at 

 Hyderabad ; the breast only was buff colored ; all the rest of the 

 lower parts white, spotted with brown ; bill nearly all pearly white. 



Length, 1 3*87 ; expanse, 3925; tail, 5 ; wing, 11*12; bill at 

 front, 12 ; bill from gape, 1*62. 



Irides deep brown ; legs and toes grey ; claws pale horny • 

 bill nearly pearly white. 



68. — Otus brachyotus, Gmel. 



Shot a male bird on the 21st December 1878. 

 Length, 14*5 ; expanse, 39*25 ; tail, 6 25 ; wing, 12*62 ; bill 

 at front, 1*18 ; bill from gape, 1*12. 



Irides bright yellow • toes grey ; bill horny. 



69. — Urrua bengalensis, Frankl. 



Shot a very handsome pair of these owls — one on the 22nd 

 December 1878, and the other on the 5th January 1879. 



Male. — Length, 20*25; expanse, 50*12; tail, 9 ; wino-,15; 

 bill at front, 1*62; bill from gape, 1-87. 



Female. — Length, 21 ; expanse, 55*75 ; tail, 9 ; wing, 15*75 ; 

 bill at front, 1*75 ; bill from gape, 1*87. 



Irides brilliant golden yellow ; bill and cere dark horny, also 

 claws. 



74 sept. — Scops brucei, Hume. 



Shot a very fine specimen of this little Scops at Hyderabad, 

 on the 16th December 1878. It was sitting iu a babool bush on 

 the outskirts of a dense young babool plantation. 



