230 F. Stoliczka — Mammals and Birds mkabitmg Kachh. [No. 3, 



2.* Otogyps calvtts. Not common. 



5. G-yps Bengalensis. Very common. 



I examined several nests in the second half of December and in January; 

 all contained only one egg. On the 11th January at Kunria, one nest had 

 a nestling which must have been a week old. 



6. Neopheon Gingentanus. Very common. 

 8. Falco peeegeentjs. Not common. 



10. F. jeggeb. Very common. 



During Januaiy, I have generally seen them in pairs, and on the 10th 

 Feb., near the village Tappur in Eastern Kachh, a pair had a nearly finished 

 nest on a large Kundu, near the edge of a tank. The bird is a great 

 favourite with native Falconers. 



12. F. BabylojStcus. 

 Comp. Jerdon in Ibis for 1871, p. 240. 



Only a single male specimen was seen and shot near Kantkote in Wag- 

 gur district, on 12th January. 



16. Hypoteiobchis (Tueamtia) CHiCQTTEEA.t Very common. 



17. Tenitncttltjs ALAUDAEius. Common. 



23. Miceonisus baditts. Common. 



I shot one male and two females in December and January, all had the 

 iris bright yellow. M. — wing 7*5, tail 6, tarsus 1*8. F. — wing 8 - 6 — 8 - 9, 

 tail 7-2 — 7-4, tarsus 2 inch. 



24. Accipiteb nisus. Not common. 



25. A. (Heeeaspiza) vrEGATtrs. Not common. 



29. Aquila bifasciata, Gray and Hardw. Not common. 



Comp. Brooks in Proc. Asiat. Soc. Beng., April, 1872, p. 65. 



Jerdon says that bifasciata, Gray, is the same as vittala of Hodgson. 



29. A. fulvescens. Very common. 



45. Buteo eerox. Very common. 



I have seen hundreds of these birds, all were of the S. cannescens type, 

 but not one of the uniform coloured type, called fidiginosus by Hume. The 

 latter I got from Kotegurh near Simla. (Comp. Jerdon in Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 338). 



48. Polioenis teesa. Common. 



51. Ciectjs pai/LEdus, Sykes == Swaixsoki, Smith. Very common. 



Gray (Handlist, I, 37) gives Sykes's name the priority. 



55. Haliastue eottjs. 



Only seen near the sea shore. 



* The numbers prefixed to the names correspond with those in Jerdon's ' Birds of 

 India,' or their nearest allies. 



t I would decidedly prefer adopting the subgeneric name Turamtia for that of 

 CMaueroj, than altering the latter well known specific denomination to ' typus.' 



