6 THE BIRDS OF THE LUCKNOW CIVIL DIVISION. 
every avenue and mangoe tope. The following is my record of 
its nests :— 
April Ist as --- Nest andthree fresh eggs. 
Sewer, Mle eee = es 
sGthie Yc ee aa a 
May 5th ... Nest and three fully fledged young. 
Average measurement of 9 eggs 1°51 by 1:21 inches. 
Measurement of largestegg ...1°60,, 1:22 ,, 
Measurement of smallestegge ... 1-42, 118 ,, 
The nests, made of sticks (small platforms), were all on 
mangoe trees; the eggs all of a pale bluish white, rather chalky 
or unglossy in appearance. 
The Shikra, it may be noted, feeds occasionally on the 
Common Squirrel (Sciurus palmarum). One that I saw captured 
was forced to descend the tree by one bird, and on reaching the 
ground was immediately seized by a second pouncing upon it 
from a branch above. 
24.—Accipiter nisus, Lin. Native name—Basha. 
Ath November, Male, juv.— Length, 13°25 ; expanse, 26°; wing, 
8:25; tail, 7°; tarsus, 2°; bill from gape, 70; weight, 43 oz. 
Trides yellow ; legs dirty greenish yellow. 
The European Sparrow Hawk is only found in the cold weather, 
and is then fairly common. It frequents much the same locali- 
ties as the Shikra with which it is often confounded. Though I 
have frequently shot and preserved it, I find, curiously enough, 
that all my specimens are young birds. 
25.—Accipiter virgatus, Reinw. Native name— 
Besra. 
The “Besra” Sparrow Hawk is not common, and from the 
thickets it frequents is rarely seen. It is a cold weather visitor, 
very locally distributed, as I have never met with it except in 
the bamboo brakes scattered here and there throughout the 
Division. Through these thickets it moves with great facility. 
27.—Aquila mogilnik, §.G. Gm. Native name— 
Barra Jumiz* or Satangal. 
15th February, (sex ?).—Length, 31°; expanse, 81°; 
wing, 24°; tail, 14°; tarsus, 3°60 ; bill, from gape, 2°60 ; weight, 
71bs. Irides cream color, spotted darker; cere and ‘feet lemon 
yellow. 
The Imperial Eagle is fairly common, especially in dhak jun- 
gles, where solitary Banian and other Fici trees, upon which it 
* Jumiz is applied generally to alllarge Eagles. The natives care nothing for 
species, 
