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5. HlEROFALCO SAKER. 



Hierofalco saker (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, i. p. 417 (1874). 



Falco sacer, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 106 ; Blanf. /. c. p. 104. 



1. <J . Bala-morghab, Badgliis. 14th December, 1884. 



A somewhat young bird with the head rather dark rufous, and approaching the 

 plumage of the Lanner {Falco feldeggii) . The generality of Saker Falcons in the dark 

 or juvenile stage have the head pale, sometimes almost white ; but the Hume collection 

 contains specimens which match this one. 



6. Cerchneis tinnunculus. 



Cerchneis tinnunculus (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, i. p. 425 (1874) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 ; 

 Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 108 ; Barnes, S. F. vol. ix. 1880, p. 214. 



Tinnunculus alaudarius, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. i. p. 13 (1854); Blanf. t. c. p. 105 ; 

 C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 99; Scully, t. c. p. 79. 



Falco tinnunculus, Wardlaw-Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 47. 



1. $ . Between Kushk-rud and Kin. 3rd November, 1884. 



2. ? . Khusan. 18th November, 1884. 



3. S- Khusan. 16th April, 1885. 



4. <$ . Tirphul. 23rd April, 1885. 



Fam. STRIGID^l. 



7. Carine bactriana. 



Athene noctua orientalis, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 110. 

 Carine plumipes, Sharpe, Cat. Birds, ii. p. 137 (1875). 



Carine bactriana (Hutton) ; Barnes, S. F. 1880, vol. ix. p. 215 ; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 100 ; 

 Scully, t. c. p. 79. 



1. cJ. Padda-sultan. 25th October, 1884. 



2. ? . Koaja-palounda. 6th December, 1884. 



3. J 1 . Bala-morghab, Badghis. 1st February, 1885. 



8. ASIO OTUS. 



Asio otus (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, ii. p. 227 (1875) ; Scully, t. c. p. 79. 



Otus vulgaris, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. i. p. 79 (1854) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 116. 



Mgolius otus, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 112. 



1. ? . Bala-morghab, Badgliis. 1st February, 1885. 



2. ? . Mara-chak, Badghis. 16th February, 1885. 



9. Asio accipitrinus. 



Asio accipitrinus (Pall.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, ii. p. 234 (1875). 

 JLgolius brachyotus, Severtz. t. c. p. 63; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 111. 

 Otus brachyotus, Blanf. t. c. p. 116. 



1. J . Bala-morghab, Badghis. 26th December, 1884. 



