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Measurements. 



Habits, etc. 



pale and wliitisli on the throat, marked with elongate 

 spots on the breast and abdomen, and broader spots 

 on the flanks." (Blanford). 



" Bill bluish, black at the tip ; cere legs and feet yel- 

 low ; irides dark brown." 



"Length of a female about IT"; tail 6" 5; wing 

 12'5; tarsus TQ; midtoe without claw 2 ; bill from 

 gape I'l : length of males 15; tail 5- 75; wmg 11" 

 (Blanford), expanse about 3J feet. 



Mr. Hume records a nest of this species having been 

 taken at Mm-ree by Major Delme Radchffe and the 

 Gumal Pass.near Dera Ismail Khan, is another locality 

 where the nest has been taken. I beheve the young 

 of this species are frequently brought in by 

 Pathans from the Samana Range near Kohat and I do 

 not think that there is much doubt that the Barbary 

 Falcon breeds in the hills bordering the North West 

 Frontier Provmce, but I know of no instance of the 

 nest having been found in the Punjab, apart from the 

 one above mentioned. 



I have seen and caught the bnd in Bhadarwa, in 

 the Kashmn State, in the autumn and have seen it in 

 various parts of the Punjab Plains, but the only 

 one I ever tamed and trained, was not nearly so good 

 as the Shaheen. 



Hume says : — "I believe, we may say that the Red- 

 cap Falcon occurs throughout Northern India, during 

 the cold weather, as far south as Gwahor, bemg rare 

 east of the Juimia, less rare between the Sutledge and 

 Jumna, and decidedly common west of the Sutledge 

 specially ui the Peshawar valley, and the tract west 

 of the Indus, and that it breeds in Cabool and Cash- 

 mere and thi'oughout the southern ranges in the 

 Himalayas, west at any rate of Dalhousie, at heights 

 of from four to seven thousand feet ; but further in- 

 formation with regard to this species is much required." 



The Barbary Falcon is said to breed in cUfis, and 

 the eggs, three to four in number, resemble those of a 

 Peregrine but are somewhat smaller. 



TvpE H. 

 Genus Falco. 



No. 1257. Falco jugger. The Laggar Falcon. 



Characteristics. 



Colouration. 



Length of male about 16 ; and of a female about 

 18 ; First primary sub-equal to 3rd or shorter ; wing 

 in male 12*5, in female 14 ; a distinct narrow cheek 

 stripe ; middle tail feathers entirely brown in adults. 

 " Adult. Forehead, lores, and supercUia white, 

 with dark streaks ; crown and nape brown, with broad 

 rufous edges to the feathers ; a streak running back 

 above the ear-coverts, and a moustachial band from 

 the gape sometimes continued to the eye, with some 

 feathers round the orbit dark brown ; rest of sides 



