16. CIRCUS. 



67 



Europe. 



Madras. 



Nepal. 



Ceylon. 



Bogos Land. 



Eikhullut, March 27, 1868. 



Eikhullut, March 27, 1868. 



Amba, Samhar, Aug. 18, 1868. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



Purchased. 



Dr. Jerdon [P.]. 



B.H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.]. 



Herr Esler [C.]. 



W.T.Blanford,Esq. 

 W.T.BIauford.Esq. 

 W.T.Blanford,Esq. 



Purchased. 

 Zoological Society. 

 J. Rae, Esq. [P.]. 

 B.H.Hodgson,Esq.[P.]. 



11. Circus macrurus. 



Accipiter macrourus, S. G. Gmel. N. Comm. Petrop. xv. p. 4.39, pis. viii. 



& IX. (1771). 

 Falco macrurus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 269 (1788). 

 Circus swainsonii, Smith, S. Afr. Q. Journ. i. p. 384 (18.30) ; Ch-ay, 



Gen. B. i. p. 32 (184-5) ; Smith, III. S. Afr. Zool. pis. 43, 44 (1849); 



Bp. Consp. i. p. 3-5 (1850) ; Strickl. Orn. St/n. p. 1-51 (185.5) ; Harfl. 



Oni. W. Afr. p. 16 (1857) ; Schl. Mus. P.-B. Circi, p. 4 (1862) ; 



Jercl B. Lid. i. p. 96 (1862); Degl. u. Gerle, Orn. Eur. i. p. Ill 



(1867) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 34 (1867) ; Heuql. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 



i. p. 105 (1869) ; Blanf! Geol. 4'r. Abyss, p. 301 (1870) ; Hume, 



Rough Notes, ii. p. 298 (1870) ; Salvad. Faun. Ital. Ucc. p. 25 (1871) ; 



Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 32 (1872). 

 Circus supercUiaris *, Smith, S. Afr. Q. Journ. i. p. 385 (18-30). 

 Circus cyaneus, Fratikl. P. Z. S. 1830, p. 115. 

 Circus albescens, Less. Traite, p. 85 (1831). 

 Circus pallidus, Sykes, P. Z. S. 18.32, p. 80; Gould, B. Eur. i. pi. .34 



(1837) ; Sund. Sv. Foql. p. 224, pi. Ixxii. f. 4 (1866) ; Gray, Hand-l. 



B. i. p. 37 (1869); Finsch, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 208 (1870); Swinh. 



P. Z. S. 1871, p. 342; Shelley, B. Eyypt, p. 183 (1872); Hume, Sir. 



F. i. p. 160 (1873). 

 Circus dalmatinus, Bi'ipp. Mus. Senckenh. ii. p. 177, pi. 11 (1837). 

 Strigiceps pallidus, Bp. Comp. List B. Eur. ^- N. Am. p. 5 (1838). 

 Falco pallidus, Schl. tt. Susem. Vog. Eur. Taf. 30 (1839) ; Temm. Man. 



d'Orn. iv. p. 594 (1840). 

 Circus tequipar, Pucher. Rev. Zool. 1850, p. 14 ; Cromm. Kederl. Tijds. 



ii. p. 66 (1867). 

 Glaucopteryx pallidus, Kaup, Contr. Orn. 1850, p. 58. 

 Strigiceps swainsoui, Bp. Rev. Crit. Ois. d'Eur. p. 133 (1850) ; Frifsch, 



Vog. Eur. tab. 9. fig. 8, tab. 10. fig. 2 (1858) ; Loche, E.rpl. Sci. 



Alger. Ois. i. p. 88 (1867). 

 Strigiceps desertorum, Brehm, Naum. 1855, p. 269. 



Adult male. Above pale bluish grey, the crown and interscapulary 

 region very slightly darker ; lores, a distinct eyebrow and sides of 

 face white, the ear-coverts slightly streaked with ashy ; under sur- 

 face of body white with a slight greyish shade on the facial ruff, on 



* Printed supenih'aris, but doubtless a misprint for st/percil/an'a. a title justi- 

 fied by the type specimen. 



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