Cotitnhdions to the Ornkholog;^ of India, 8fC. 15? 



^ 15.— Hypotriorchis sesalon, L. 



A mere cold weather strag-g-ler into Sindh^ and rare there. 

 I only saw it once and then failed to secure it, but Capt. Maiden, 

 informed me that he had shot it near Kotree, and Mr. James, c.s., 

 had also procured a specimen. Before entering- Sindh, I ob- 

 tained an adult male on the banks of the river Jheelum below 

 Jung-. Length, 11; expanse, 24; tail, 5*2; wing, 8; tar- 

 sus, l"5j foot, greatest length, 2:3 ; greatest width, 2'1; bill, 

 from gape straight to point, 0*7 ; from edge of cere straight 

 to point, 0*47 ; wings when closed reach to within 1"45 of end 

 of tail. Weight, 0-7Ibs. 



Legs and feet^ yellow; claws, black; cere, very pale yellow; 

 bill, dark slatey grey, paler at gape, greenish at base of lower 

 mandible; irides, brown. 



16.— Chiquera typus, Bp. 



Not uncommon in Northern Sindh where it breeds, but rare 

 apparently in the Kurrachee CoUectorate. We repeatedly noticed 

 and occasionally shot it between Jhelum and Kussmore. 



17.— Tinnunculus alaudarius, Gm. 



Numerically scarce, but occasionally noticed (a cold weather 

 visitant only) throughout Sindh. 



23.— Micronisus badius, Gm, 



Not uncommon in the better cultivated portions of the Pro- 

 vince, as for instance about Larkhana and Mehur where it breeds, 

 but never, I believe, seen in the more desert and rocky tracts. 



24.— Accipiter nisusj L. 



Taking Sindh as a whole, this species is very rare, but in 

 certain favored localities, such as the Munchur Lake, (where 

 three were captured and brought me) a good many are seen during- 

 the cold season, these being I was told, almost without exception 

 birds of the year. 



y^ P 26.— Aquila chrysaetus, L. 



On two occasions, I noticed but failed to secure, huge eagles, 

 one a manifest Hing-tail, which were certainly not imperialis 

 and which I with some confidence refer to chrysaetus, as I 

 should also similar birds observed on the Mekran Coast. 



27.— Aquila imperialis, Bechst, 



This species was like the next far more common than 

 fulvescens. I met with it chiefly in the neighbourhood of large 

 'heels, I could not ascertain that it bred in Sindh. 



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