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(J. Female adult, December 19, 1895. Almost like/, but having con- 

 siderable rufous mixed witb the gray of the tail, and the interrupted 

 bars on upper tail-coverts pale rufous instead of grayish white. "Bill 

 black, base horny blue; gape yellow; cere horny yellow; irides dark 

 brown. Stomach contained frogs. Length, 23J inches." 



li. Female adult, December 19, 1895. Very dark, like &, but with less 

 rufous on lower parts ; under tail-coverts broadly tipped with ochra- 

 ceous; tail much darker gray on light interspaces, with here and there 

 some tinge of rufous. " Bill black, base horny blue; gape yellow; cere 

 horny yellow; irides dark brown. Length, 23^ inches. Stomach con- 

 tained remains of frogs." 



i. Female adult, December 19, 1895. Similar to &, but lighter rufous 

 on throat, 'breast, and abdomen, mottled by lighter tips to the feathers; 

 tail with a rufous tinge in places, the dark bars on central feathers 

 almost V shaped. "Bill black, the base horny blue; feet yellow; claws 

 black. Length, 23 inches. Stomach contained frogs." 



j. Female adult, December 24, 1895. Resembling c, but with more 

 rufous iu the markings of the throat, breast, head, and nape; light 

 interspaces of tail paler and more grayish, with a considerable admix- 

 ture of rufous, the blackish bars much broken, the subterminal bar nar- 

 row, the light terminal one very broad. "Bill black, the base horny 

 blue; feet yellow; claws black; irides dark brown. Length, 24 inches, 

 weight, 2^ pounds." 



It. Female adult, December 25, 1895. Almost like J, but with fewer 

 spots on abdomen ; dark tail bars not broken, and terminal light bar not 

 very broad. "Bill black, the base horny greenish; cere dull horny 

 green ; feet yellow ; claws black ; irides dark brown. Length, 24 inches ; 

 weight, 3 pounds." 



I. Male immature, December 3, 1895. Throat and breast mingled 

 rufous and buff, but darker than in /; abdomen and thighs with light 

 spots; nape mixed dark brown and buff"; tail gray and rufous, with the 

 black bars, excepting the subterminal one, much broken or obsolete, the 

 two central feathers with blackish streaks on sides of shafts and broken 

 crossbars on their outer borders. " Bill black, horny blue at base; gaj)e 

 yellow; cere greenish; feet yellow; claws black; irides hair brown. 

 Length, 21i inches; weight, 2 pounds." 



m. Male immature, Sind Valley, Cashmere, at 0,000 feet, December 

 12, 1895. Light below, but with a motted band of dark rufous across 

 the middle of under surface, the brown and rufous markings darker and 

 heavier than in o ; thighs very deeply colored, the feathers with rufous 

 margins; inferior tail-coverts bufty, with some rufous markings; cen- 

 ter of nape with a patch of black, encircled by buff'-bordered brown 

 feathers; rump, black and upper tail-coverts blackish, the two last with 

 light rufous tips to the feathers; scapulars dark, with buffy and rufous 

 edgings; tail with some rufous touches on all the feathers, the dark 

 bars wavy and irregular. "Bill black, horny blue at base; cere yel- 



