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Mr. E. Blyth on the Birds of India. 
14. L. coulaci: Psittacula coalaci, Lesson (Edwards, B. pi. 6). 
Syn. Vide Gray, Brit. Mus. Cat. Psittacidse (1859), p. 55 
— L. indicus *. 
Hab . Ceylon. 
Order UAPTOEES. 
Tribe I. Diurn^e. 
Earn. FALCONIDiE. 
Subfam. Falconing. 
Genus Falco, L. 
(a. Jer- or Arctic Falcons: Hierofalco , Kaup.) 
Remark. —The Shanger of Eastern works on Falconry, stated to 
be “ very rarely met with in India—not more than one or two 
in a century, and then generally in the Punjab,” is a Jer-falcon 
of some species, probably F. candicans , Gmelin, and was doubt¬ 
less brought to India from Northern Asiaf. 
( b. Cliff Falcons.) 
15. F. calidus, Latham {vide J. A. S. xxviii. p. 281). 
Syn. F. peregrinus of India, auctorum. 
Hab. India generally (and Ceylon ?), as a winter visitant only, 
retiring beyond the Himalaya to breed, and resorting in the 
cold season much to watery situations, where it preys chiefly on 
the Anatidce. I have seen no example from the eastern side of 
the Bay of Bengal. F, peregrinus (- verus ) should be looked for 
* I reject the name indicus, because the race does not inhabit India, 
so far as known; although so common in Ceylon, where it replaces L. 
vernalis. 
t In a Kabul letter, published in the 4 Lahore Chronicle,’ we read that, 
on December 13th, 1858, 44 a letter was read from Sirdar Mahommed Ufzul 
Khan, from Balkh, stating that the ruler of Kokhan had sent his son with 
a present of 90 horses, 90 camels, 9 white Hawks, 40 slave girls and boys, 
and 18,000 tilles, to the king of Bokhara, who had accepted them, and was 
greatly pleased.” 
A subsequent letter in the same newspaper states that, on the 9th January, 
1859, 44 the Amir received two Churkhs [Falco sacer?] from Balkh,which 
were sent off to Peshawur, for Major Lumsden.” 
These extracts serve to show how the Falcons of Middle Asia are still 
conveyed about. 
