58. MiLTus. 321 



Milvus aetolius, Savign. Syst. Ois. (TEtpjpte, p. 260, pi. 3. fig. 1 



(1809). 

 Milvus parasiticus, Less. Traite, p. 71, pi. 14. fig. 1 (1831) ; Bp. Comp. 



i. p. 21 (1850); IfartL Oni. W.-Afr. p. 10 (1857); Frltsch, Vog. 



Eur. tab. 10. fig. 1 (1858); Har'tl. Faun. Madag. p. 19 (1861); 



Laijard, B. S. Afr. p. 25 (1867). 

 Milvus ?eg3^tius, Grai/, Cat. Accipitr. p. 44 (1848) ; Schl. Mus. 



P.-B. Milvi, p. 3 (1802) ; Newt. Ooth. Wollei/. p. 118 (1864) ; 



Loche, Expl Sci. Alger., Ois. i. p. 77 (1867) ; Schl. lif Poll. Faun. 



Madaq., Ois. p. 44 (1868) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 27 (1869); Blanf. 



Geol. 4- Zool. Abgss. p. 300 (1870) ; Shelleg, B. Eggpt, p. 196 (1872). 

 Milvus leucorhynchus, L. Brehm, Kcnim. 1855, p. 268. 

 Milvus forskahii, Strickl. Orn. Si/n. p. 134 (1855); Heuf/l. Orn. N.O.- 



Afr. i. p. 98 (1869) ; Finsch, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 203 (1870) ; id. u. 



Harl.l. Vijg. Ostafr. p. 63 (1870) ; Gumey, in Anderss. B. Dam. 



Ld. p. 22 (1872). _ 

 Hydroictinia parasitica, A. Brehm, Illustr. Tliierl. iii. p. 493 (1866). 



Adult. Above brown, the feathers very faintly paler-edged, the 

 wing-coverts much lighter, the greater ones especially, with distinct 

 blackish shaft-stripes ; primaries brownish black, the secondaries 

 paler brown, barred with dark brown on the inner web ; under 

 surface of wing pale brown, whitish near the base of the quills, 

 barred with dark brown ; tail brown, almost rufous brown, narrowly 

 tipped with fulvous, with seven or eight more or less distinct cross 

 bands of black ; head and neck clear brown, very sUghtly inclining 

 to rufous, with dark brown shaft-stripes ; forehead, sides of the 

 face, and throat greyish white, with narrow blackish shaft-streaks ; 

 under stirface rufous brown, with narrow blackish shaft-stripes ; 

 the lower abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts clearer rufous, 

 narrower and almost obsolete on the abdomen, thighs, and under 

 tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts rtifous, with black shaft-stripes, 

 some of the median ones shaded with blackish, the lower ones 

 greyish, with blackish cross bars ; cere and bill bright yellow ; feet 

 yellow ; iris umber-brown. Total length 22'5 inches, culmen 1-8, 

 wing 17'9, tail 11, tarsus 2-15, 



Young. Above glossy chocolate-brown, all the feathers tipped 

 with ochre and streaked down the centre with black, the wing- 

 coverts more broadly tipped ; crown rufous, shading into buff at 

 the tips of the feathers, which are plainly streaked with black ; 

 under surface brown, the feathers very broadly ochre down the 

 centre, shading into whitish on the abdomen ; bill black. 



Hah. The whole of Africa and Madagascar, extending into South- 

 eastern Europe, Greece, and Dalmatia. 



o,6. Ad. St. Egypt. W. B. D. Tumbull, Esq. [P.]. 



0, (?. Juv. sk. Egypt. Capt. SheUev [P.]. 



e. Ad. St. Shoa. Hon. E. I. Co. [P.]. 



f. S ad. sk. Ankober, Feb. 1842. Sir W. C. Harris fC.]. 

 'g. Ad. sk. AngollaUah, Oct. 1842. Sir W. C. Harris [C.]. 



h. 2 vix ad. sk. Senaf^, Feb. 25, 1868. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



/. d fid. sk. Lake Ashangi, April 3, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.l. 



1868. 



k. Ad. sk. River Niger. Dr. Baikie [P.]. 



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