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Show 1868.] MR. R. C. BEAVAN ON INDIAN RAPTORES. 397 In the latter the spread of the two interior toes underneath was= 5 5 inches. She was shot by a native Shikaree on September 10th. The male had the remains of a large rat in its stomach; so that it does not prey on pheasants or their eggs exclusively, as hinted by Dr. Jerdon (Birds of Ind. vol. i. p. 66). The female's stomach was empty. Since I got the above pair I have seen another specimen perched upon the dead bough of a lofty fir, Abies smithiana, at Fagoo, near Simla, in August 1866. The irides in both these birds were deep brown (cf. Jerd. B. of Ind. vol. i. p. 4 6 ) ; cere, gape, and legs bright yellow; bill dark leaden, nearly black, which latter is also the colour of the claws. Sex ascertained by dissection. 33. NISAETUS BONELLI, Temm. The Crestless Hawk Eagle. This fine species must be included in the fauna of Simla, and, I believe, also of Umballah, procured in the former station by Col. Tytler, in September 1866, and in the latter, I believe, by the late Dr. Scott, who has sent specimens to Lord Walden. 40. PANDION HALIAETUS, Linn. The Osprey. Once procured at Maldah, in Lower Bengal, in 1864. 41. POLIOAETUS ICHTHYAETUS, Horsf. The White-tailed Sea- Eagle. I have seen a colony of this fine Eagle, very near where described by Dr. Jerdon, not far from Caragola Ghaut, on the Ganges. 43. HALIAETUS LEUCOGASTER, Gmel. The Grey-backed Sea- Eagle. On the 19th September 1865, I observed a fine specimen of this species on the dead bough of a high tree overhanging the Gyne River, near Moulmein, and got within easy shot of it, but was not prepared with the gun. I also observed the species on other occasions when travelling in Burmah by boat, but never managed to secure a specimen. 44. BUTEO VULGARIS, Bechst. The Common Buzzard, •="B. rufiventer of Jerdon's Supplement, and equivalent to B. desertorum of Daudin, erroneously placed, in Jerdon's last book (Birds of India), under B. vulgaris, which I have not yet seen from India, but should be glad also to see if it occurs there" (Gurney in epist. Jan. 7, 1866). 45. BUTEO CANESCENS, Hodg. The Long-legged Buzzard. Chu-hamar, i. e. the Rat-killer of the N . W . P. I killed a fine specimen of the female of this species at Umballah, on November 5, 1866. Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Weight. $.25in. 18in. 10|in. nearly 3|in. 2^ lb. Irides light grey. The stomach only contained a young toad (Bufo melanostictus). I find in m y note-book mention made of another species of Buz- |
