364 A FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS 
(66) Sirsa 18:2. (67) Sirsa 18°75. (68) Kot Khaie 18. 
(69) Sambhur 19:1. 
(70) Sirsa 18°2. (71) Hissar 18-25. (72) Delhi 18. 
(73) Goorgaon 18°6. (74) Rahun 18. 
(75) Delhi 18°6. (76) Kotgbur 18°25. 
2nd Stage, General plumage brown, but with a good deal of 
white and rufous, on the breast and abdomen. 
Males (24) Kot Khaie 16:25. (25) Kotghur 16°5. (27) 
Khunaihi, Bussahir. 
(28) Kotghur 17:2. (19) Sukkur 16°75. 
Females (77) Kotghur 18. (78) Delhi 18°5. (94) near Lark- 
hana, Sindh, 18°25. 
3rd Stage, General plumage brown with breast, and more or 
less of nape rufous. 
Males (28) Bussahir 17. (29) Kotghur 16:5. (80) Kotghur 
16. (81) Simla 16°5. 
(32) Bussahir 17°25. (83) Kotghur 16°25, (84) Bussa- 
hir 16°75. 
(35) Cashmere 16°8. (45) Dhurmsala 17:8 ? 
Females (79) Goorgaon 19°25. (80) Etawah 18°25. (81) Sirsa 
18. (91) Nurie Nai, Sehwan 18°25. (93) 
Sukkur 18-4. 
4th Stage, Uniform Brown. 
Males (86) Kot Khaie17-75. (87) Kotghur 17. (38) Mussoorie 
17:5. (89) Kotghur 16:5. 
(40) Kot Khaie 17. (41) Kotghur 17-9. (42) Kotghur 
17. (43) Kotghur 17°25. 
(44) Sambhur 17:75. (46) Mussoorie 17°5. (47) 
Delhi 17°5. (48) Rohtuk 17°5. 
Females (82) Simla 19. (83) Kotghur 18. (84) Murdan 
18. (85) Goorgaon 18. 
(86) Gawlior 19°2. (87) Delhi 18-2. (88) Rohtuk 
18. (89) Kotghur 19. (90) Kotghur 18. 
5th Stage, Uniform very dark brown, tail more or less 
conspicuously barred with white. 
Males (49) Murdan 17°5. (50) Kotghur 17-5. (51) Hissar 
17. (52) Kot Khaie 17°5. 
(53) Kot Khaie 16°75. (54) Kotghur 16°5. (92) 
Cumba, N: Sindh 17:1. 
Tt will be seen that the wing varies in the male from 16:25 
to 17°75; and in the females from 18:0 to 19°25 ; long and short 
wings are to be met with in pretty well every stage of plumage. 
T have examined these birds not only with reference to the 
length of wing, but also with reference to the shape, and rela- 
tive proportions of the primaries, the size and shape of bills and 
nostrils, the size of feet and claws, and lastly the length, extent 
