68. BAZA. 353 



and flanks ; thighs, lower abdomen, and under tail-coverts greenish 

 black ; under wing-coverts greenish black, the lower ones ashy grey 

 like the inner face of the wing ; bill and feet plumbeous ; iris dark 

 brown. Total length 13-9 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 9-85, tail 5-7, 

 tarsus 1'3. 



A younger specimen has not such a full crest, the sides of the 

 face and throat mixed with ashy brown, the chestnut shades on 

 the body not so deep or so vinous as in the old birds, both the 

 chestnut band on the upper breast and the bars on the lower breast 

 also much more scantily developed ; the black feathers of the ab- 

 domen and under tail-coverts slightly margined with dull ochre ; 

 feet fleshy grey. 



Hah. Indian peninsula, Ceylon, and Malacca. 



a. Ad. St. Nepaul. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.l. 



h. Juv. at. Nepaul. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 'P.l. 



c. Ad. sk. Nepaul. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [Pj. 



d. Ad. st. Malacca. Hugh Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



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



2. Baza madagascariensis. 



Pemis madagascariensis, Smith, S. Afr. Q. Joum. ii. p. 285 (1835). 



Avicida verreauxii, Hartl. Orn. Madag. p. 19 (1861). 



Baza madagascariensis, Schl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 420 ; Schl. ^ Poll. Faun. 



Madag., Ois. p. 45. pi. 16 (1868) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1869, p. 450 ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 25 (1869). 

 Aviceda madagascariensis, Grand. Eev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 319. 



Adult male. Brown, the feathers paler brown on their edges, the 

 interscapulary region and least wing-coverts darker and more sepia- 

 brown ; the scapulars and dorsal feathers with conspicuous white 

 bases when disarranged ; head dark brown, slightly tinged with ru- 

 fous, the feathers margined with rufous, this, as well as the white 

 bases to the feathers, giving a strongly streaked appearance to this 

 part ; crest dark brown, like the head ; sides of face brown, nar- 

 rowly streaked with white, especially on the fore part of the cheeks ; 

 throat ashy brown, slightly streaked with white, and having an in- 

 dication of a median and a moustachial stripe of black on each side ; 

 rest of under surface white, the chest entirely so in the centre, as 

 also the thighs, lower abdomen, and under tail-coverts ; the sides of 

 the body and upper breast spotted somewhat longitudinally with 

 rufous brown ; lower flanks almost uniform rufous brown ; under 

 wing-coverts dull rufous, with narrow white margins ; primaries 

 ashy brown, the secondaries brown like the back, tipped with 

 whitish, all the quills distinctly banded with darker brown, plainer 

 underneath against the white under surface ; upper tail-coverts 

 white, with broad brown tips ; tail ashy grey, tipped with white 

 and crossed with three bars of dark brown, the base of all the 

 feathers white ; biU black, yellow at base of lower mandible ; 

 feet whitish yellow; iris yellowish brown. Total length 17 inches, 

 culmen 1-15, wing 12-5, tail 8, tarsus 1-4, middle toe I'D. (M%is. 

 Lugd.) 



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