842 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XVI f. 



of about 8,50) feet, with four half-flsdged youngsters in it, in July, and:again 

 two young ones were brought to me by a villager here last September, show 

 ing that Falco severus does breed in India. 



C. H. DONALD. 

 Bh ada rwa (Kashmir State), 19th May 1902. 



[The above nolo was kept back, and subsequently mislaid, as there was some doubt at the 

 time as to whether the H bly referred to was F. severus or F. subbuteo. 'lhe author has 

 since ascertained th it it is the former that breeds regularly in the Himalayas and writes that 

 he came across two nests this year with fully fledged young. Mr. K. C. RIacdoDald recorded 

 the first authentic account of the nesting of this bird in Vol. XVI, p. 518 of our Journal. 



EDITORS.] 



No. XXXI— A LIVE T.1KIN (BUDORCAS TAXICOLOR). 

 ( With an illustration.') 

 I am sending you a photograph of a young male Takin QBudorcas taxicolor) 

 in the hope that it may prove of interest to the Society. 



BUDORCAS TAXICOLOR, JUV. 



This animal was given by the Tongsa Penlop of Bhutan to Mr. J. 0. White, 

 C.I.E., Political Officer, Sikhim. It died the day after the photograph was 

 taken. 



F. M. BA.ILEY, Liedt. 



British Trade Agency, Gyantse (Tibet), 30th October 1903. 



[Regarding this same animal Mr. R. L. Lydekker wrote as follows to the 



