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2. — Otogyps calvus, Scop. 



Seen occasionally and far into the interior, where one would 

 not expect to see a plains-loving Vulture. I saw one or two 

 soaring high up above Derail. 



3.— Gyps himalayensis, Hume. 



Not common. I occasionally saw this bird seated on its nest, 

 where the cliffs were suitable and lofty. I noticed one nest 

 above the road, but so high up that it was almost out of rifle 

 shot, and at the opposite side of the narrow glen in which the 

 river there runs. But for the white mark on the rock, caused 

 by the dung of the bird, I should not have noticed it. On 

 firing a ball near the place, the old bird fieAv off, and proved to 

 be of this species. This was in May. All the nests of this bird 

 which I saw were inaccessible, and whether they contained 

 young or not, I could not tell ; none of them occurred below 

 Barahath. The eyrie above referred to was not far from Dan- 

 guli. 



6.— Neophron ginginianus, JDaud. 



I noticed this species np as high as Danguli. 



7.— Gypaetus barbatus, Lin. 



Not uncommon at Mussoori. Seen again near Laliiri ; I 

 also observed it near Derali. 



13.— Hypotriorchis subbuteo, Lin. 



I procured an adult female at Derali on the 20th May. 

 It was flying about after sunset, and I was struck with the 

 very great rapidity of its flight. One object of its pursuit was 

 a Pipit (Anthus rosaceus), which it very nearly caught, as it 

 flew over my tent, which was pitched in the old apricot orchard 

 below Derali, and on the river bank. At this point the Hobby 

 abandoned the pursuit, and flew up the hill side, perching on 

 the summit of a lofty pine. I sent one of my men after the 

 bird, particularly charging him to give it the right barrel, which 

 was loaded with No. 5, but he gave the luckless hobby the left, 

 which contained BB, one pellet of which broke its wing, other- 

 wise it is not a bad specimen. This was the first Hobby I had 

 ever seen in life. I have a male Hobby procured at Dhurmsala 

 in May 1870. 



17. — Tinnunculus alaudarius, Briss. 



Common in all parts of the valley, and I saw several eyries. 

 In tho low hot parts of the valley, as well as at Gangaotri, the 



