TRE BIRDS OF PREY OF THE PUNJAB. 



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7. 

 8. 



9. 



10. 



11. 

 12. 



The Merlin 

 The Turumti 



iti. i 



13. The Spizseti. 



14. All Hawks. 



S.; W. L, and pointed ; T. M.; 

 body pure white or white with dark 

 streaks ; wings silvery, speckled. 



S.; W. L. and pointed; T. M.; 

 breast white, darker towards abdo- 

 men ; Wings almost black, often 

 patchy. 



M. ; W. broad and rounded ; T. 

 ample ; head and neck greyish ; 

 body pure white ; wings almost 

 black; tail (in adults) wliite. Found 

 near streams and rivers in the hills ; 

 flight hurried. 



M.; W. long, rounded T. amjile 

 body whitish, wings grey profusely 

 spotted with bars on wing and tail 



M.; W. short rounded ; T. L.; body, 

 white profusely or slightly spottcl , 

 Wings grey profusely streaked and 

 spotted (Adult). 



M. to small, (smaller addition of 



"" • ■ Spizseti) ; body and Avings profusely 



barred and spotted, the latter a 



Uttle darker than bod3\ (Old birds.) 



F. — Birds which appear OBEY throughout, from below. 



The Hobby 



The Large C4rey- 

 headed Fishing 

 Eagle and 



Hodgson's Fishing 

 Eagle 



The Crested 

 Honey Buzzard. 



1. The Spizaeti. 



2. All Hawks. 



Pale Harrier. 

 Hen Harrier. 



5. Peregrine Falcon. 



The Short-toed 

 Eagle. 



G. — Birds in which LIGHT 



1. The Imperial 



Eagle. ^ • 



2. The Steppe Eagle. 



3. The Tawny Eagle. 



M; W. short and rounded ; T. L.; 

 body sometimes darker, and some- 

 times hghter than the wings ; 

 profusely barred and streaked. 

 M. to small ; W. short, rounded ; 

 T. L. ; similar to above. 



M. ; W. long, rounded T. L. ; body 

 and wings very much the same 

 colour, profusely spotted. (Young 

 and females. ) 



M. ; W. long and pointed ; T. M. : 

 body usually lighter than wings, the 

 latter profusely streaked and spotted. 



L.; W. long and rounded ; T. L.; 

 wings and bodj' more or less uniform 

 apparently, profusely spotted and 

 streaked ; hovers a great deal. 

 BROWN predominates. 



L. ; W. L. ; T. M. ; Light brown 

 throughout, body hghter than wings 

 and streaked. (Young bird.) 



L. ; W. L. ; T. M. ; body unstreak- 

 ed, two light parallel bars running 

 along the wings. 



L. ; W. L. ; T. M. ; body and wings 

 more or less uniform in colour, latter 

 patchy ; usually no bar on wing but 

 there may be one. 



