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with white, or rufescent white, upper wing coverts and scapu- 

 laries, white or rufescent. Under wing coverts white, and 

 barred with brown. Tail and upper tail coverts, ashy brown 

 with white transverse bars ; tip white. Bill blueish. Tarsi 

 and toes yellow ; claws w black. Female. 



Males are darker throughout and blackish on the head. 

 Dorsal feathers spotted and barred with black. 



Length 1 foot 4 J inches. Wing 1 foot. 



This widely distributed Falcon is found in the Northern 

 and North-Eastern Provinces. Seldom more than a pair 

 seen at a time. They are generally found on open plains in 

 search of birds and small reptiles. 



Falco Peregrinator, Sundeval The Shaheen Falcon. 

 Syn. Falco shaheen, Jerdon. 



Falco sultaneus, Hodgson. 



My indefatigable friend Mr. Edgar Layard obtained a 

 specimen of this elegant Falcon in SafFragam near the foot of 

 Adam's Peak, but which I have not had the pleasure of 

 inspecting. 



The young male of this bird is thus described by Dr. Jerdon. 



Young male. Plumage above generally of a dark cinereous 

 or dusky blackish hue, darkest on the head, hind neck and 

 cheek striped ; most of the feathers are narrowly edged with 

 rufous, those on the lower part of the back and rump more 

 broadly so. There is some rufous on the forehead, and on 

 the back of the head where it forms a sort of crucial mark. 

 Tail paler than the rest of the body, faintly barred with 

 rufous, and tipped the same. Chin and throat pale rufous 

 yellow, unspotted ; cheeks of the same tint, with narrow dark 

 stripes. The rest of the plumage beneath bright rufous or 

 chestnut, with longitudinal dark brown markings on the 

 centre of the body, oblong spots on the sides, and arrow- 

 shaped markings on the lower part of the abdomen. Under 



