218 PROCEEDINGS OF TRE I^ATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxii. 



The male is in fully adult plumage, and the rufous bars on the breast 

 are so broad as to be in places confluent. It is darker above than a 

 specimen from Egypt, but the present series indicates this difference 

 to be individual rather than geographical. 



CIRCUS CYANEUS (Linnaeus). 



Falco cyaneus LijsrN/EUS, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., I, 1766, p. 126. 

 Circus cyaneus Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 540. 



One fine adult male of this pretty hawk was secured by Dr. Abbott 

 in the Sind Valley, Cashmere, December 11, 1895. "Iris golden yellow; 

 bill black, lower mandible horny blue at base; cere yellowish green; 

 legs bright yellow; claws black. Length, 18^ inches. Stomach and 

 crop contained the remains of a thrush." 



Family BUBONID.^. 



SYRNIUM ALUCO BIDDULPHI (Scully). 



A Syrnium biddulpM Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 423. 



Syrnium aluco Mddiilphi Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVIII, 1896, p. 456. 



One adult female, from "north of the Vale of Cashmere," at 7,000 

 feet altitude, October 20, 1895. "Claws dull black; bill pale waxy 

 green, the cere slightly darker. Length, 18^ inches. Crop contained 

 remains of a species of thrush {Merula) and of some mice." 



BUBO BUBO TURCOMANUS (Eversmann). 



Strix tnrcomana Eversmann, Add. Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As., I, 1835, -p. 3. 

 Buio huho turcomaniis Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVIII, 1896, p. 455. 



One adult male from the Valley of Cashmere, December 27, 1895. 

 " Iris golden yellow; bill black; cere dull blackish horny ; claws horny 

 black. Length, 22^ inches; weight, 3i pounds. Stomach contained 

 some mouse hair." 



Family ALCEDIKID^. 



ALCEDO ISPIDA Linnaeus. 

 Alcedo ispida Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1, 1758, p. 115. 



An immature male from the Valley of Cashmere. "Bill black; iris 

 dark brown: tarsi and soles of feet dull red; upper surface of toes 

 brown. Length, J inches." There seem to be absolutely no characters 

 even subspeciflcally to distinguish Alcedo bengalensis from A. ispida. 



Family PICID^. 

 GECINUS SQUAMATUS (Vigors). 



Pious squamatiis Vigors, Proc' Zool. Soc. Lond., 1830, p. 8. 

 Gecinus squaviatus Gray, Genera Birds, II, 1846, p. 438. 



Two adult specimens in perfect plumage: one from the Valley of 

 Cashmere, the other from The Lolab, Cashmere, at 8,000 feet. "Upper 



