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CATALOGUE. 
19. FALCO ? 
a. b. Kumaon. From Captain R. Strachey's Collection. 
20. FALCO PEREGRINATOR, Sund. 
Falco peregrinator, Sund., I^Tiys. Sellsh. TidsTc. (1837). 
G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 19 ; Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus.p.50. Sodgs., Cat. of Nep. B. p.^4i. BlytJi, 
Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 14. Bonap., C. G. Av. 
p. 23. Gould, Birds of Asia, t. 36. 
Falco shaheen, Jerd., Madr. Journ. L. S. X. p. 81. III. 
Ind. Orn. pi. 12, 28. 
Falco sultaneus, JSodgs. Gray, Zool. Misc. (1844), p. 81. 
The Sultan Falcon, Hodgs. 
Shaheen or Shahin (Hoyal), female ; Kohee, Koela 
(Charcoal ?), male, Hind., Jerd. Blyth. 
Shahin (Arabic), Babylon, Jones. 
Jawolum in Telugu, Jerdon. 
WuLLOOR in Tamul, Jerdon. 
a. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
h. c. Babylon. Presented by Commander Jones. 
d, e.f. Drawings. King of Tanj ore's. From J. Torin, Esq. 
The Shaheen appears to be spread throughout the whole of India, 
from the Himalayas to the extreme south of the Peninsula. It is far 
from being a common bird. It is, however, well known to the native 
falconers, who have from time immemorial been acquainted both with 
its breeding-places and its most favourite haunts. The habitual 
resorts of this Falcon are high rocky hills in the neighbourhood of 
jungle and forest land, whether in a low or mountainous country, 
though the latter is always preferred. In the Carnatic, which is 
nearly devoid of forest, the Shaheen is but seldom met with, yet 
there are certain spots even here where individuals of the species 
resort to after the breeding season, being chiefly young birds ; and 
they are known to breed in various parts of the range of Eastern 
Ghauts. Its habits in a wild state vary somewhat according to the 
kind of country frequented. If a denizen of a forest, it watches on 
some lofty tree at the skirts of a glade, or hovers over it, ready to 
pounce on any unlucky bird that ventures to cross. In more open 
