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40,— Paiidion haliaetus, L. 



The Osprey was seen though not in any considerable numbers, 

 both in the Indus, and about most of the larger pieces of water 

 in Sindhj but on the coast it is much more common, and in the 

 Kurrachee Harbour, I think I have seen nearly a dozen in the day. 

 We saw it also on the Mekran Coast and at Muscat 



42.— Haliseetus mae©i, Guv. iiu^.csn^ _ _ 



I accept only provisionally Mr. Gray's verdictTfTTt bin- Indian 

 bird is distinct from leucoryphns, Pall, of Southern and Eastern 

 Europe, &c. Having had before him specimens from both 

 localities, he ought to be correct, but a priori, I should doubt the 

 distinctness of these two alleged species. 



This noble fishing eag-le was very common all down the great 

 rivers from Jhelum to Sukkur, and again I noticed a few birds 

 between Sehwan and Hyderabad ; one, two, or even more pairs 

 also frequented each of the larger lakes. We found several of 

 their nests in large trees in the neighbourhood of the Munchur 

 Lake, but all contained young birds. 



42 &*s.— Haliseetus albicilla, L. 



The European white-tailed sea eagle was tolerably common in 

 all the great rivers, the Jhelum, Chenab, Sutlej, and Indus. 

 Several pairs were met with at the Munchur Lake, and single 

 individuals on other smaller inland waters. We killed a very fine 

 adult male on the Indus, near Sukkur ; but as a rule found the 

 bird so much more wary than any other species, that I was un- 

 able to procure other specimens. I did shoot another, a very 

 large female, but it got away at the time, fell into the water and 

 was only accidentally picked up three days later when it was 

 quite past cure. I first pointed out the occurrence of this species 

 in India some years ago, having procured specimens (immature 

 birds) in Etawah, and later I received a very fine adult from 

 Murdan, in the far North-West. This species is not included in 

 Dr. Jerdon's work, but will be found fully described at pages 

 257 etseq^. of my Rough Notes, Pt. L, No. 2. *- 



45.— Buteo ferox, Gm. 



This species, in all its stages, abounds in Upper Sindh. It 

 greatly afiects the neighbourhood of jheels where the dark birds 

 especially, the old adults, as I believe, were more common than 

 I have anywhere else seen them. 



48.— Poliornis teesa, FranJd. 



Pretty common throughout Sindh^ as it is indeed in all parts 

 of India which I have yet visited. 



