166 Ornithological Notes, chiefly on some birds [No. 3, 



The relative ranges of Neophron percnopterus and N. Ginginianus 

 require to be ascertained. Specimens from Western India should be 

 carefully examined. 



Family Falconid^. 

 Sub-family Falconince. 



18 ? TinnunCUlllS CenchriS ? Naum. I shot a female 

 Kestril on the Pem G-unga river, west of Chanda, differing from the 

 common species in size, being smaller than the male of T. alaudarius, 

 and having dull yellow legs instead of the usual pale clear yellow. 

 The wing measures 9.75, tail 6.5, tarsus 1.7 inches. The tail is much 

 more richly barred than in T. alaudarius, and the bars extend com- 

 pletely across the feathers. The back is much browner and less 

 rufous. I am inclined to think this possibly a young T. cenchris, a 

 bird never before recorded from Central India. It differs, however, in 

 having much coarser legs, as coarse as in T. alaudarius, and in the 

 colour being much duller and browner than in the specimens in the 

 Indian Museum. 



Sub-family Aquilincd. 



29. Aquila fulveSCenS, Gray. The most abundant eagle in 

 the NagpvVr and Chanda country. I have lately obtained several 

 specimens of the nearly allied A. ncevioides, Cuv., from Abyssinia, 

 which fully bear out the distinctions pointed out by Mr. Blyth and 

 Dr. Jerdon. The bill and legs are constantly larger in the African 

 species. The plumage is very similar. 



The only other Eagles of which I obtained specimens in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Chanda were Spilomis cheela and Pandion halicctus. 



Sub-family Buteonince (?) 

 50. CirCUS CyaneilS, L. I obtained a fine female and a 

 young male of this species near Chanda, on the 1st and 13th of March 

 respectively. I do not think there can be any reasonable doubt of 

 the identification, as I noted that the birds agreed with the descrip- 

 tion of C. cyaneus at the time, and I subsequently compared them 

 with European specimens in the Museum at Calcutta. This is the 

 first instance, I believe in which the occurrence of this bird so far 

 south as the Central Provinces has been noticed, specimens, if seen, 

 having not probably been distinguished from C. cineraceus. I see, 



