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Show 390 MR. R. C BEAVAN ON INDIAN RAPTORES. [June 1 1, caudee rectricibus duabus utrinque externis albis, extus nigro irregulariter marginatis et terminatis ; sex mediis nigris, supra in pjogonio exteriore ceneo tinctis : rostro nigro, pedibus flavis long, tota 4*0, alee 2*3, caudce 1*4, rostri a rictu 0*85. §. Corpore subtus albo, plumis quibusdam lateralibus nitente viridi marginatis ; caudce rectricibus duabus lateralibus omnino albis. Hab. Veragua; Castello et Calovevora (Arce). Obs. Affinis E. eximiee et ejusdem forma?, sed rectricum latera-lium pogoniis externis albis distinguenda. Arce has sent two specimens of this apparently distinct species of Eupherusa in one of his recent collections from Western Veragua. The male is not quite adult, and would probably eventually lose all traces of the irregular dark margins of the outer tail-feathers, as in the female no traces of these spots appear. In E. eximia the whole outer web of the two external rectrices is black, which renders the two allies readily distinguishable. The present bird is the only second species of true Eupherusa we have yet met with. Mr. Lawrence has assigned three other birds to this genus-namely Eupherusa niveicauda (Ann. L. N. Y. viii. p. 134), E. cupreiceps (ibid. p. 348), and E. nigriventris (Pr. Acad. Phil. 1867, p. 232). Of these, the first, which is the same as Thaumantias chionura, Gould (Cf. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 156), and the second are very closely allied, but are perhaps better placed in the genus Thaumantias. Of the third we have not yet been fortunate enough to obtain specimens. 4. Sundry Notes on Indian Raptores. B y R. C. B E A V A N , Bengal Staff Corps, C.M.Z.S. &c. (Plate XXXIV.) Having in my papers in the 'Ibis,' 1865, p. 400, 1867, p. 430, and 1868, pp. 73 & 165, entitled " O n various Indian Birds," omitted all mention of the Birds of Prey that I have at various times come across in India, I propose to supply, in a few short notes, the deficiency, and thus to form a complete record of m y collections (with the exception of the large families of the game and wading tribes, of which I hope to be able to treat hereafter). As in former papers, the numbers and nomenclature used are taken from Jerdon's ' Birds of India ' our best authority on the subject. 1. VULTUR MONACHUS, Linn. The Great Brown Vulture. This large bird appears regularly every cold weather at Umballah, which is the only station in the North-west Provinces of India in which I have ever noticed it. It is not common, but may frequently be seen high in the air soaring, and is easily distinguishable from the other species of its kind both by its much larger size and its peculiar black appearance. It is much more wary, too, when on |