92 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY OF GILGIT. 
9.—Cerchneis tinnunculus, Zin. (17.) 
The Kestrels in my collection from Gilgit are of the common 
pale form; but two specimens have the black bars on the 
upper surface rather strongly marked, though not so greatly 
as in the race called C. saturatus, Blyth. A male in transi- 
tion from immature to adult dress has the change most 
marked on the rump, next on the head, and least on the tail; 
the tail is usually considered the first part to undergo change. 
An old female has the ramp and upper tail-coverts blue-grey, 
with faintly rufous tips; the tail grey, washed with rufous, 
especially at the margins, and with incomplete black bars, 
interrupted along the shafts of the feathers. 
10.—Astur palumbarius, Lin. (21.) 
Goshawks are not uncommon about Gilgit in autumn, on 
migration. In the autumn of 1879 many immature speci- 
mens were captured in Gilgit itself. The instance mentioned 
by Major Biddulph of a Goshawk being carried from the 
valley of the Oxus to Bombay, and many similar cases known 
to me, should be borne in mind in assigning localities for 
trained birds of prey. Thus the fact that a Rajah in the 
Punjab has a trained Falcon of a certain species should cer- 
tainly not be considered proof that the bird in question was 
not captured in Central Asia. 
11.—Scelospizias badius, Gel. (23.) 
A migratory species in Gilgit, passing northwards in April, 
and southwards in September. It is rare with us, or, at all 
events, makes a very short stay in the district. 
12.—Accipiter nisus, Lin. (24.) 
Common from the first week in April to the second week 
in December. In seven males the wing measures 8 to 8:5 
inches ; tail, 6°6 to 7:1; tarsus, 2 to 2:2; weight, 5 to 5:3 oz. 
Seven females measure :—Wing, 9:3 to 10 inches; tail, 7-9 
to 8:5; tarsus, 2°15 to 2-4; weight, 7 to9°5 oz. Of these 
fourteen examples, two males and two females have five bars 
on the uropygials; all the rest have only four bars on these 
feathers. 
14,—Aquila chrysaetus, Lin. (26.) 
An old male, without any white on the tail, shot on the 
8rd April, measured :—Length, 33°5 inches; expanse, 82:5; 
wing, 25; tail, 15:2; tarsus, 4; mid toe, 3-2 ; bill from gape, 
2°55; weight, 7 lb. 3 oz, Irides dul/ yellow. 
