68. MiLvus. 323 



Hah. The whole of Africa and Madagascar ; Southern and "Western 

 Europe ; accidental in England, rarer in Germany, but occurring in 

 Southern Scandinavia ; South-eastern Europe, probably extending 

 into Central Asia as far as Afghanistan. 



a. Ad. St. Sweden. Baron Laugier de Chartrouse. 



h. Ad. sk. Southern Ural. Dr. Strader [C.]. 



c, d. (S ad. st. Plain of Gennesaret. Canon Tristram [C.l. 



e. (S ad. sk. Senaf^, May 28, 1868. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



/. d jiiv. sk. Zoidla, Jan. 9, 1868. W. T. Blanford, Esq. I C.l, 



ff. d ad. sk. AngoUallah. Sir W. C. Hands [C,]. 



h. Juv. sk. Senegal. M. L, Laglaize [C.l. 



J, A. Ad. sk. Mayo, Cape- Verde Islands. M. A. Bouvier [C], 



/. Skeleton. Zoological Society. 



m, n. Sterna. ^ 



4. Milvus affinis. 



Milvus affinis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 140; id. Syn. B. Austr. 

 pt. iii. (1838); Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 24 (1845); Gould, B. Austr. 

 1. pi. 21 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 21 (1850) ; ScM. Mus. P.-B. 

 Milvi, p. 3 (1862) ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 49 (1865) ; Schl. 

 Voff. Nederl. Ind. Valkv. pp. 30, Q7, pi. 20. fig. 1 (1860) ; Diggl. 

 Orn. Austr. pt. 1 (1866) ; Wall. Ibis, 1868, p. 13 ; Gray, Haud-l. 

 B. i. p. 27 (1869); Jerd. Ibis, 1871, p. 343; Wald. Tr. Z. S. viii. 

 p. 36 ^1871). 



Adult. Above blackish brown, the median wing-coverts much 

 paler, with distinct black shaft-stripes ; primaries blackish, the 

 secondaries paler brown, especially on the inner web ; under surface 

 of the wing pale brown, inclining to ashy near the base ; tail dark 

 brown, more ashy underneath, with remains of dark bars on the 

 centre feathers; head a little paler brown, slightly washed with 

 rufous, and distinctly streaked with blackish ; lores and ear-coverts 

 shaded with blackish ; chin whitish, with distinct black shaft- 

 stripes ; under surface of body dull rufous brown, inclining to dusky 

 on the chest and flanks, all the feathers distinctly but narrowly 

 streaked along the shaft with black ; under wing-coverts rufous 

 brown, the least ones more decidedly rufous, with distinct blackish 

 shaft-stripes, the lower ones ashy like the inner surface of the 

 quills ; cere yellow ; bill blackish ; feet yellow ; iris brown. Total 

 length 20 inches, culmen 1-55, wing 16-5, tail 10-7, tarsus 2-05. 



Young. Brown, all the feathers tipped with rufous ; head and 

 neck pale rufous, margined with brown ; the black shaft-stripes 

 everywhere very distinct ; under surface distinctly striped, all the 

 feathers pale n^ous down the centre, margined on both sides with 

 brown, with a narrow black shaft-stripe ; sides of the face rufous 

 brown, feathers over the eye and upper margin of ear-coverts 

 blackish. 



Hab. Australia and Malaisia, ranging as far north as Chusan ; 

 probably occurring in India. 



a, b. Ad. St. Australia. Lady Carington [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Cape York. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Juv. St. N.E. Australia. Sir T. Mitchell [P.]. 



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