91 
Mr. R. B. Sharpens Catalogue of Accipitres. 
2'4. The sex of none of these speeimens is recorded by Mr. 
Swinhoe; but another is mentioned by him as a male_, in 
which the measurement of the wing was 18'5 inches. 
In ^ The Ibis ^ for 1870, at p. 86, Mr. Swinhoe thus records 
the measurements of a pair of these birds obtained at Amoy :— 
Wing. Tarsus. Middle toe s. u. 
in. in. in. 
S . 20 4 2-5 
2 . 20-5 4-5 . 2-3 
The following measurements of specimens of SpilorniSy 
from various parts of India and the bordering countries, have 
been taken by myself (where the sex of the specimen is not 
mentioned, it has not been recorded):— 
Wing. 
Tarsus. 
Middle toe s. u. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
Cashmere . 
19-5 
4-2 
2 
Himalayas . 
19'2 
3-9 
17 
V . 
18-7 
4*1 
2-2 
Nepal . 
17-4 
3-7 
2 
n . 
17-8 
3-8 
21 
. 
18-6 
4 
2-2 
V . 
19-7 
4 
2-2 
n • • ... • • 
20-4 
4-2 
2-3 
V . 
20-7 
4-4 
27 
Nepal Terai, $ .. 
19-3 
4-2 
2 
Assam.. 
20-2 
4-2 
2*2 
ff . 
17 
3-4 
1-8 
Khalee G ungee, Assam. 
17*5 
3-5 
2 
Sikkim... 
21*2 
4-1 
2-3 
Darjeeling ... 
20’1 
4 
2-2 
„ ................ 
17-5 
3-5 
1-9 
North-west India . 
17*6 
3-6 
2-1 
Northern India . 
20-2 
3-9 
2-2 
Rahun, near Etawah. 
19-4 
3-7 
27 
Eignor, near Hiirdwah, $ .... 
19-1 
3-9 
2 
Urhora Glen Afuri, c? . 
20-6 
4 
2 
Secunderabad, $ . 
18'5 
3-8 
1-9 
Bengal. 
20-6 
4 
2-2 
if . 
20*5 
3-9 
2-2 
a . . 
18 
3-9 
27 
» $ . 
18-1 
37 
2 
