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color or fulvous, darkest on the head and neck. The breast and abdo- 

 men are quite uniform ochraceous, the throat darker, more fulvous, the 

 crissum more brownish; the tail is almost plain blackish brown, mot- 

 tled somewhat with grayish near its base. The male is far from being 

 so deeply ochraceous above, the edgings on the feathers of back and 

 wiugs being whitish or bufify, jDroducing a curiously mottled appear- 

 ance, and forming thus a couspicuous contrast to the plumage of the 

 female. Below the color is pale dull brownish, lighter and more ochra- 

 ceous on the abdomen and foreneck, darkest on the throat; tail black, 

 slightly tipped with whitish, and with a broad ill-defined bar of mixed 

 gray and dull white across its middle portion. 



HALI.EETUS ALBICILLUS (Linnaeus). 



Falco alUcilla Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., lOtli eel., 1, 1758, p. 89. 

 Ealiwetus albicilla Leach, Syst. Cat. M. B. Brit. Mus., 1816, p. 9. 



I'wo specimens, both taken in the Vadey of Cashmere, on December 

 19, 1895. "Male: Iris straw color; feet yellow; claws black. Length, 

 32^ inches; weight, 8 pounds. Stomach contained remains of a green 

 woodpecker {Gecinus squamatus). Female: Iris straw color; bill and 

 cere horny yellow; feet yellow; claws black. Length, 34 J inches; 

 weight, 10 pounds. Crop contained a thrush {Merula); stomach con- 

 tained remains of thrushes and rats." 



Both of these specimens seem to be fully adult, their tails white dis- 

 tally, except for small dusky markings near the ends of tLe feathers. 

 The many light tips, and some altogether paler feathers on both upper 

 and lower parts, give to the plumage in places a conspicuously mottled 

 appearance. These individuals appear to be perfectly identical with 

 one from Korea. 



AQUILA BIFASCIATA J. E. Gray. 

 Aquila hifasciata J. E. Gray, Illns. Ind. Zoo!., 1, 1832, pi. xvii. 



Three specimens, all females, taken in the Valley of Cashmere, 

 December 20 and 22, 1895. "Iris dark brown; bill horny blue, tip 

 black; gape, cere, and feet yellow; claws black. Length, 31-32 inches; 

 weight, 7l~ pounds. This species is very common in the valley at this 

 season, and is very tame, sitting on the trees in the villages, probably 

 because rats are plentiful near the houses. The stomachs of two of 

 the birds taken contained remains of Mus rattus.^^ 



Two of the present examples are apparently typical adults, one of 

 them evidently in process of molt both above and below. The remain- 

 ing specimen is seemingly immature, being darker than the others, 

 particularly on scapulars, wing-coverts, head, and under surface, while 

 the i)rimary-coverts as well as the greater series lack any indication of 

 the paler tips characteristic of the adult. In this condition Aquila 

 hifasciata superficially much resembles A. chrysaetos, but is everywhere 

 paler; has fewer light fulvous feathers on occiput and nape; and the 



