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the adult. The following are the measurements of this spe- 

 cimen : — 



in. 



Wing 14-25 



Tarsus 2-75 



Middle toe 5. m 1-45 



which are too small to agree with noi'mal females of B. plu- 

 mipes, as may be seen by a reference to ' Stray Feathers/ 

 vol. V. p. Q7 . 



With reference to the eastern range of B. desertorum, I 

 may add that Mr. Hume has recorded, in ' Stray Feathers/ 

 vol. X. p. 159_, a very small male Buzzard, Avhich probably 

 belongs to this species ; it was shot by Mr. Davison on the 

 Brahmagari Hills, in Southern India, on 16th April, 1881. 

 I believe that this specimen is the only reliable ground for 

 including India amongst the countries inhabited by this 

 species', and that the Buzzards from Etawah, Nepal, and 

 Madras, preserved in the British Museum, and inserted in 

 Mr. Sharpe's Catalogue under the head of B. desertorum, 

 should rather be referred to B. plumipes. 



I may here remark that melanism seems to be of much 

 rarer occurrence in B. desertorum than in either B. ferox or 

 B. plumipes. I only know one instance of it, a specimen 

 obtained by Sir A. Smith in Southern Africa, and now pre- 

 served in the British Museum. 



The samp collection now also contains the Everley Buzzard 

 alluded to in my Notes, which I have recently reexamined, 

 and consider to be an unquestionable example of B. deser- 

 torum. 



I would conclude these remarks upon the Buzzards found 

 in Asia by referring to Buteo menetriesi, a recently described 

 species mentioned by Mr. Seebohm in his paper on the 

 " Birds of the Caucasus'' {vide 'Ibis/ 1883, p. 5). 



I have been indebted to Mr. Seebohm's kindness for the 

 opportunity of consulting a translation of Mr. Bogdanow's 

 account of four specimens of this Buzzard, and I have 



' Vide B. 0. U. List of British Birds, p. 94. 



