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1872.] F. Stoliczka — Mammals and Birds inhabiting Kachh. 
56. Miltps goviuda, Very common. 
The details in coloration arc exactly as recorded of govinda, though 
they do not in any essential point appear to differ from those of a (finis 
(Comp. Hume, Scrap-hook, p. 320). Measurements of two specimens : 
wing' 17'5 and 17 ; tail 10‘6 and 1125 ; tarsus 2T, midtoe without claw 
1'6 and 1'8, its claw straight 0 7 and 0'75 ; bill from gape 1'7 and 165 
inch. This is as far as I saw, the only kite found throughout Kachh. 
A pair was breeding on a tree near Sumrasir on the 14th November.* Gray 
(Handl., I, 26) gives melanotis, Tern, and Schlegel, which was shewn by 
Blanford to be identical with M. major of Hume, as a synonym of govinda, 
but he places a (finis of Gould in a distinct subgenus. M. ajjinis is added to 
the Indian fauna by Jerdon in Ibis for 1871, p. 343; but are these two 
races really specifically distinct ? 
67. Otus vulgaris. I have seen it only on three occasions. 
69. Bubo (TJrrua) Benoalensts. Not uncommon in rocky ravines. 
76. Athene brama. Very common. 
82. IIiuundo rustic a. Common. 
Wing 46 ; outer tail feathers 3'6, central T8 ; tarsus 04 ; midtoe and 
claw nearly 07 inch. 
84. H. (Uromitus) ftetfera. Common. 
This, Jerdon writes, ‘ must stand, it appears, as H. ruficeps, Lichtenstein,’ 
but he thinks that the differences, said to exist between the Indian and 
African form, as pointed out by Mr. Gould, ‘ may perhaps still hold good. 
Mr. Gould (Birds of Asia, Part xviii) says, that African examples differ by 
being smaller, by having a lesser amount of rufous on the top of the head, 
and a shorter tail. Now, these must be admitted to be very variable charac- 
ters, in the Indian bird at least. I measured specimens with the wing 
varying from 4*4 to 4’8, and with the central tail-feathers from 1 3 to 1 6 
inches long. The rufous on the head changes in Kachh specimens, (shot 
in winter), from deep rufous brown to a pale rusty. 
85. Us H. (L telia) erytro pvot a. Very common. 
Wing 4T to 4.3, tail 2'8 to 3 3. True daurica occurs in the Satlej 
valley, where it is far from rare, and I also have a specimen of it from Western 
Bengal, shot by Mr. Ball during the winter of 1870 ; it is, therefore, not a 
restricted hill form. It differs not only in size, but also in the form of 
the bill, this being in daurica more contracted towards the tip and slightly 
longer. 
90. Ptionoproone coxcoior. Very common. 
Wing 4 to 4'2, tail 19 to 2 inches, the central feathers from 01 to 0 2 
* I have seen a pair of govinda copulating on 5th September, and before I left 
Calcutta on 10th October, they had their nest ready in front of my window. 
