AYES. 
5 
5. 
Tu R PALUmbaritjs. 
Genus ASTUR. 
dstur 
Puhmbarius (L.) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 104; Scully, Str. F. iv. 
Wie i , 8 ~^ ’ Pl ’j ev ' ' n Rowley’s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 153 (1877) ; Ilomeyer & Tancre, MT. oru. Yer. 
D 611j 1883 > P- 82 1 Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 25 (1885) ; Radde, Ornis, iii. p. 472. 
Central Asia ^ ^ CS au i n teresting account of the training of the Goshawk for hawking in 
°f Aksu ■' ' ld j* sa ' s bhat ^ is sa kl to live principally near the hills in the neighbourhood 
t°ll 0 \vi n , i . |] 1( ° Dly v i®its Yarkand about the beginning of winter, when it is supposed to be 
h le ^grating water-fowl. The Turki name is “ Karcliighah.” 
Genus ACCIPITER. 
0 
^CIPITER NISUS. 
188? W ’ Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 (1873); Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Yer. Wien, 
Ac dpiter ’ P ' 82 5 Eadde > 0rnis ; ^ P- 4 <71 (1887). 
Dres niSUS - (L '^ ; Sha, T e > Cal B - Brit - Mus - i- P- 182 (1874) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 122 (1876) ; 
p 15 J B Bds > 1875, p. 104; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 109 (1876) ; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. ii. 
S w i , y 8 ”') ’ ttardl. Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 47 ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 41 ; Scully, ibid. p. 409; C. 
N 0 ^ l ' ds > 1882, p. 99 ; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. lvi. p. 78 (1877) ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 25 (1885). 
An KaSh « W ’ December It), 1873. 
Thi ? duE hunale, identified by Mr. Hume as A. nisus , and not as his A. melascliistus. 
N°. g 9 rj 1C T ^ u tification I agree with, as it is not dark enough for the latter species 
Coir 
Upper Karakash, October 1873. 
k A the tr u bkddulph states that he met with Accipiter melascliistus in the Sindh valley, 
A. nisus he procured at Shahidula on the 21st of October, and again in 
W; Ulian. 
- ' 8cull y observes 
of Y 
Mr 
( 0 . 
The Sparrow-Hawk is found in great numbers in the hills south 
arka ] 
A 'iter. It ’;l Vhe !? E breeds. It visits the plains in considerable numbers in the beginning of 
Cen(ls ); iii p at ^ le . r Prized for hawking, and is trained to capture Larks, Quail, and Pigeons 
, November „ l*!^ S ^ * s sad d t0 hunt Chicore. Two specimens were preserved at Kashghar 
lri Noy ei ^^ B ^ le bills it is said to hunt Chicore. _ r r 
la y. The T ^ >eccill b ( ‘ r ’ and I have seen others procured from the Karchung valley 
j ■ i 4 3 r uvula, wuxxvvio V.U 
oiki name for the Sparrow-Hawk is ‘ Kargliai.’ ” 
m 
7. 
Bp 
h 
, TEo ttpmipes. 
Ute ° plurrii- 
Subfam. BUTE ON IN JE. 
Genus BUTEO. 
p. 48]?? H , 0d S 8 - 1 Shar P e > Cat - B - Erh- Mus. i. p. 180 (1874) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 42; Scully, ibid. 
•Bwfeo n ,~ ’ . Jcnzb 'er, Orn. Turkest. p. 185 (1889). 
No. Sc ’%, Str. F. iv. p. 125 (1876). 
ex Panse 59 ^ UZ Yar ’ Marcl1 21 > 1873 - — length 20 inches, wing 16-5, tail 9‘4, tarsus 30 ; 
nam e “ a- ,, Iris dark brown; bill dusky bluish, cere yellow ; feet yellow. Turki 
ij^. sa. 
?.*; P7i iW i ^ lmen 18 ln the uniform black plumage which is generally assigned to the adult 
t|.' 1<d characters 111 ^ ^ believe it to be of that species. The size of the foot is one of my 
-jl° birsu s ( as S ° r ibis determination, although it will be noticed that the length of 
l ' Name as f] 11<3a ' SUred by Dr. Stoliczka) does exceed the limit of 2'9 inches allowed by 
10 maximum for Ii. plumipes (‘ Hough Notes,’ p. 271). 
