568 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIII. 



Silonibari, 14-6-11, one flew overhead into the '' Bansbari " on the 

 Dhoolohat road. 



Equally distributed throughout the plains. The above data exhausts all 

 the available evidence as to its status. 



Sol. Baza lopJiotes ( Temm.) [1251]. — The Black-crested Baza. 



Rungagora, 25-8-02, forest path beyond Wattijan in the direction of 

 Digiltarung. I had a splendid view of three of these Bazas as they passed 

 overhead from and to the trees on each side of the track. I again saw them 

 on a future occasion some distance in the forest. This record refers to the 

 only locality where these beautiful birds have come under my notice. 



352. Bazajerdoni{'S\.jt\i.) [1252].— Blyth's Baza. 



Dejoo (Rajgur forest), North Lakhimpur, 15-9-07, §. 



Total length 17-7" ; wing 12" ; tail 8-5" ; bill 1-2", tarsus 1-5". 



Iris pale golden yellow ; cere and base of lower mandible pale 

 bluish ; bill horny black ; gape dull bluish ; tarsus china white ; claws dark 

 blackish-horny ; stomach contained remains of vivid green insects, 

 Mantids, Blattids, Coleoptera sp.? and a large green larva of aSphingid sp.? 

 Insect remains w.ere found in gullet also. 



This specimen agrees fairly closely with the description of immature 

 birds in Blanford, otherwise the median gular stripe is present and a white 

 bar on the tail below the coverts. 



Dejoo, 2-2-09", observed a pair of accipitrive birds in recently felled 

 forest clearance, their flight was an alternate rapid beating of the wings and 

 then a gliding movement in a direct line with motionless outstretched wings. 

 In size about Lophospizias trivirgatus but showing a patch of white on the 

 rump or upper tail coverts, they eventually settled on some high trees 

 Surrounding the clearance. I have every reason to believe these birds to be 

 this species. 



Silonibari, 8-6-11, bright sunny morning, an accipitrive bird soaring in 

 circles with an occasional rapid beating of the wings, white patch on rump, 

 very prominent ; the locality was in heavy forest, seen from a clearance as 

 the bird made these movements over the tops of the trees. 



358. Falco peregrums calidus, Lath [1254, part]. — ? 



Falco ijeregrinus, Blanford, F.B.I., Vol. iii., p. 413. 



Peregrines have been seen on several occasions at Rangagora and Lilabari 

 in particular, it was quite impossible to identify them on the wing owing 

 to their rapid flight. A single bird seen at rest on the branch of a huge tree 

 at the foot of the hills at Dejoo on 4-5-08 was no doubt referable to the 

 true Peregrine and also a pair of birds which had their headquarters in a 

 Poma tree {Chickrasia tabularis) at the ghaut Dejoo in the cold weather 

 of 1904-5 ; these birds used to sally out over the river at morning, but 

 failed to put in an appearance the next cold season : one seen crossing the 

 polo ground. North Lakhimpur, 9-1-09. 



Falco peregrinator Sundev. Probably occurs, until specimens are actually 

 secured, no satisfactory solution is possible of its existence. 



354. Falco severus Horsf. [1261.] — The Indian Hobby. 



Derpai, North Lakhimpur, 13-1-06, $ ad. ( 177 ) ; 15-1-08, $ mimature 

 ( 826 ); 6-8-08, S immature (825). 



Other records from Derpai, Panitola, Rungagora where these Falcons 

 used to frequent some lofty trees adjacent to the Post Oflice. 



Dejoo, 16-12-04*, a pair noted in high tree in Rajghur; 3-9-08*, a rather 

 light coloured specimen ; 5-9-08*, a single bird hawking at evening over 

 the Factory buildings ; 13-8-08*, observed in clearance located on a tree the 



