494 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XVI. 



1189. Pandion hahaetus. — The Osprey. — Some of these line birds 

 ure to be seen fishing in most of the backwaters in the neighbourhood of 

 Madras. 



1191. Otagyps calvus. — The Black Vulture. 



1196. Pseudogyps bengalensis. — The Indian White-backed Vulture. 



1197. Neophrongin ginianus. — The Smaller White Scavanger 

 Vulture. — For the past 20 years or more a pair of birds (probably several 

 pairs in succession) have brought up a family on a ledge of the steeple 

 of the Scotch Kirk. 



1207. Hieraetus faseiatus. — Bonelli's Eagle. 



1208. Hieraetus pennatus. — The Booted Eagle. 

 1217. Spihrnis cheela. — The Crested Serpent-Eagle. 

 1220. Butastur teesa. — The White-eyed Buzzard-Eagle. 

 1224. Haliaetus leucogaster. — The White- bellied Sea-Eagle. 



1228 Haliastar Indus. — The Brahminy Kite. — This bird is exceed- 

 ingly abundant. 



1229. Milvus goviada. — The Common Pariah Kite. — This bird, too, 

 exists in great numbers. 



1233. Circus macrurus. — The Pale Harrier (?) — I am not certain as 

 to the existence of this bird in the neighbourhood of Madras. One day 

 when out snipe shooting I saw a bird of prey which I made out to be 

 a pale harrier ; but it would not let me approach near enough for a shot. 



1231. Circus cineraceus. — Montagu's Harrier. 



1236. Circus melanoleucus, — The Pied Harrier. 



1244. Astur badius. — The Shikra. 



1247. Accipiter nisus. — The Sparrow-Hawk. 



1249. Pernis cristatus. — The Crested Honey-Buzzard. — I have 

 never- seen this bird in or about Madras ; but there is in the Museum a 

 specimen which was shot on the Poona-Maler Road. 



1255. Falco peregrinator. — The Shahin Falcon. — Mr. D. G. 

 Hatchell shot one of these birds in his compound in Madras. 



1260. Falco subbutea. — The Hobby. — There is a specimen of this 

 bird in the Madras Museum. But its label does not say where the bird 

 was shot. However I have seen about Madras on two or three 

 occasions a bird which I took to be a hobby. 



1262. Erythropus amurensis. — The Eastern Red-legged Falcon. 



1264. tlEsalan chicquera. — The Red-headed Merlin. 



1272. Crocopus chlorogaster. — The Southern Green Pigeon. — This 

 bird is not at all common about Madras. 



