. Illustrations of Indian ornithology : containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India . weight ftli. The male bird is considerably smaller, but there is not sucha difference between the sexes as in the Peregrine and the Shaheen. The Hindustani name of this Falcon is Luggur for the female, and Juggurfor the male. In Teloogoo it is called Luggadoo evidently the same word. Besides the Shaheen, Luggur and Besra, already figured in the present Illustra-tions, the following Hawks are known to, and used by native Falconers. 1st. The Bhyre
. Illustrations of Indian ornithology : containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India . weight ftli. The male bird is considerably smaller, but there is not sucha difference between the sexes as in the Peregrine and the Shaheen. The Hindustani name of this Falcon is Luggur for the female, and Juggurfor the male. In Teloogoo it is called Luggadoo evidently the same word. Besides the Shaheen, Luggur and Besra, already figured in the present Illustra-tions, the following Hawks are known to, and used by native Falconers. 1st. The Bhyree, Falco peregrinus. An abundant visitant to our coasts during the cold season. c Illustrations of Indian Ornithology. 2d. The Turoomtee, F. chicquera, a permanent resident, 3d. The Bax, Astur palum-barius, rare in the South of India. 4th. The Gorbesra, Astur indictis, also rare. Basha, Accipiter fringillarius, a cold weather visitant to hilly regions. 6th. TheShikra, Ace. Dussumierii, abundant throughout Indiaâand lastly, the Khandesra, pro-bably the Ace. virgatus-^verj rare, and said only to be found on the East coast. Plate ,. MUcrHih- Rceve (London.) unp. ANTHUS SIMILIS. ORB. IJVSESSOJRJES. FAM. MOTACILLINM. GEN. ANTHUS. PLATE XLV. ANTHUS SIMILISâJERDON. MOUNTAIN TITLARK. The group of Larks, and Titlarks, is one of the most difficult to define ofall the feathered tribes, their plumage being in general so extremely similar, thatwithout accurate measurements and comparisons of allied species, numerous mistakesare unavoidable. Mr. Blyth has lately, in one of his excellent papers in the Journalof the Asiatic Society of Bengal, revised all the Indian species; and Mr. Gray, in hislist of Hodgsons birds, has also enumerated several. The subject of our present articleis certainly one of the rarest of all. It is not enumerated among Hodgsons birds,but I see that Lord A. Hay has lately obtained it at Jummoo in the North WestHimalayas. My first specimens were procured at
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