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forms an admirable illustration of one of the great diffi- 
ruUics that the Falconer has to contend with in these 
parts. The Falcon was taken out to her maiden flight at 
a wild quarry, and finding a pair of Grey Partridges in 
a thorn bush, my Falconer cast off the Falcon, which waited 
on and stooped at the second Partridge as it rose . The 
Partridge managed to reach a bush, and the Falcon threw 
up into the air to be ready again when a pair of Eagles 
and a Kite or two promptly gave chase to her, and just 
as she succeeded in shaking them off a pair of Lugger 
Falcons took up the pursuit, and buffeting her well drove 
her clean out of sight. We searched hard for the next 
daj' or two but never saw the bird again . 
Two Kestrels, a Blue-throat and some Short-toed 
Larks (CalandrrUa sp.?) noted; also the first White-eyes 
(Zosicrops palpcbrom) of the season. 
October 20. — Since my arrival in Hissar district I have been much 
pTizzled as to the identity of a large Eagle — grey and brown 
and white in colour, with a very massive head — which is 
fairly common in thrse parts, although new to me. To-day 
I shot one and found that i*^ was the Short-toed Eagle 
{Circaiius gallict(s). Its stomach contained a lizard and 
some grasshoppers. 
Olher Birds of Prey met with were a Hobby (Falco 
subbutco), a Kestrel, and a Barbary (Falco barbarus). 
A couple of Kools (Eudynamis hovorata) have been 
haunting my compound up till to-day, when the male was 
seen for the last time ; the majority had, however, departed 
some time ago . 
It was quite an event to see a flight of T;ittle Green 
Bee-eaters (Mtrops riridis), for that species also has left 
to winter further south. 
(To he Continued). 
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Book Notices and Reviews. 
A System of Vetkki.nary Medicine, By various writers, edited 
by E. Wallis Hoare, F.R.C.V.S. In two vols., £2 2s. Od., 
Vol. II. now ready, £1 Is. net. London: Bnilliere, Tindall 
and Cox, 8, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. 
In "Bird Notes," Vol. I., N.S., we reviewed Vol. I. of the 
above important work, which dealt with the microbial diseases, and we 
then noted that though a work of this character must contain much that 
was purely technical, the various articles were both scientific and prac- 
tical (if thfse two terms can be properly separated), and that it should, 
prove of great assistance to avicuHurists , These remarks are equalljr 
