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The orders, families, genera, &c, are arranged after Dr. 

 Jerd on's work, the numbers are those of the latter and of Mr. 

 Humes' Catalogue. The latter gentleman has kindly corrected 

 the nomenclature and identified all species that I sent to him 

 as doubtful or unknown. 



1st Raptores. — This order is, I fear, the most incomplete of 

 all, most especially in the families, 



Falconidce and Strigidce. — Of the former I have not included 

 several species which I have seen, from not having obtained them 

 and settled the question of identity. In the first place, I saw 

 a bird at Aboo that I feel sure was Astur or Lophozpiza trivir- 

 gatus, Temm, and I have seen two or three eagles which I have 

 not yet been able to make out; Aquila pennata, Gmel., is probab- 

 ly one ; Nisaetus Bonelli, Tern, another ; Limnatus cristatellns, 

 Tern, another ; Spilornis c/ieela, Daud another ; and Pandion 

 halicetus, Lin. another. All of these, I feel confident, I have 

 seen either in the plains or on the Aboo range, and hope to 

 secure specimens at some future time. Of the family Strigidce 

 an Owl occurs at Aboo, which I fancy must be Syrnium in- 

 dranee, Sykes. It has a loud hooting call resembling the words 

 too-whoo, too-whoo, &c, repeated several times consecutively, and 

 is about the same size as the Brown Wood Owl. A Scops Owl 

 also occurs at Aboo, probably Ephialtes pennatus, Hodgs., but I 

 did not get a specimen although I saw it on two or three occasions. 



2nd, Insessores. — Of this order first of all the Hirundinina 

 are not complete, as I have not included Hirundo daurica, 

 Lin., which I am sure must visit us in the cold weather, nor 

 Hirundo Jluvicola, Jerdon, a colony of which have been observed 

 by a friend of mine about 20 miles from Deesa, but unfortunate- 

 ly he did not shoot me a specimen, and consequently I cannot 

 include the species only having identified it from his descrip- 

 tion. Of the family Bucerotidce I believe that at least two 

 other species occur in the Aboo jungles besides the one I have 

 mentioned, namely, Hydrocissa coronata, Bodd, and Tockus 

 griseus, Lath. Of the family Alegalaimvhe I have a speci- 

 men of Megalaima viridis, Gmel., shot in Rajpootana, but have 

 omitted the species, not knowing the exact locality in which it 

 was procured. Of the family Sylviada a few omissions have 

 been made in the sub- family Phylloscopina. 



In addition I must mention that I have observed certainly 

 two if not three species of Reedwarblers in the dense beds of 

 rushes which I failed to procure and so cannot speak for certain 

 of their identity. 



Srd, Grallatores. — Of the family Charadriadre, sub-family 

 Charadrina, I have not mentioned the genus JEgialitis* one or 



* Since the above was written I have identified JEgialitis eurouicus, Gmel ; and 

 included it in the list. 



