1844.] 



of the Peninsula of India. 



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authors. It does not breed in this country, migrating ?n 

 March or April from the northern parts of the Peninsula, 

 and returning in October or the end of September. The two 

 next species of Harrier (C. cineraceus and C. rufus) are also 

 migratory. 



28. — Falco luggur. 



This is undoubtedly the F. juggur of Gray, figured in 

 Gray and Hardwicke's Illustrations of Indian Zoology : but, 

 as in this genus the female is considered the noblest of the 

 two, it may perhaps be permitted to retain the appellation 

 of the female in the Indian language which I had bestowed 

 on it ; the more so, as no description of it has appeared. 



The young bird of the year is entirely dark-brown, except 

 the chin which is white, and the head which has a fawn tinge, 

 more strongly marked in some than others. The future 

 changes of plumage of this falcon consist in the brown of the 

 lower surface being gradually replaced by white from the 

 throat downwards — in the brown of the upper parts assuming 

 a cinereous tinge, and in the fawn colour of the head becom- 

 ing darker and more rufous. 



I have had several of this falcon in my possession^ trained. 

 It is most usually flown at the crow from the hand, but it is 

 also taught to stoop on partridges, florikins, &c. 



29. — Falco Aldrovandi, Temminck. — The Shaheen. 



I was misled by the description of this bird in Griffith's 

 Cuvier (where it is stated to be only ten inches long) to con- 

 sider it as undescribed. The young bird is dark- brown above, 

 chestnut beneath, marked with brown drops. The colour 

 above darkens on the head, neck and shoulders, at each suc- 

 cessive moulting, till it is nearly black, whilst it becomes 

 slaty cinereous on the back and rump. The brown drops 

 gradually disappear from the throat downwards, and the throat 



