APPENDIX. 



In this appendix I shall merely give the result of the latest observations 



relating to the correction of the nomenclature, and additions or 



erasions from the list of the Birds of India, with a very few 



remarks on any particular subject of interest. 



Vol. I., p. 29, No. 10.— Falco sacer. This rare European bird, the Sakr 



Falcon of old writers, is brought in tolerable plenty from the 



Ilazara country and the Alpine Punjab generally ; and is much 



used for hawking both the Indian Honbarra bustard, and 



Hares, <fec. 



„ p. 57, No. 27. — Aquila bifasciata is given by Blasius and others 

 as distinct from A. imjjerialis, and is said chiefly to inhabit 

 Central Asia. 



„ p. 59, No. 28. — The Asiatic race of Aquila ncevia is now separat- 

 ed by many authors under the name of Aquila clanga, Pallas. 



„ p. 73. — Blyth, in his List of Indian birds in the Ibis Vol. IV., 

 gives Limtiaetus cristatellus as found in the Himalayas, and he 

 has mai-ked a specimen as such in the Museum of the Asiatic 

 Society. I have carefully examined this bii'd, and am decidedly 

 of opinion that it is merely the young state of Limnaetus 

 Nipalensis ; and I much doubt if cristatellus is ever found iu 

 the Himalayan region. 



„ p. 74, No. 37. — This species is considered by some to be the 

 Spizaetus cristatellus of Jardine and Selby's Illustrations. Z. 

 caligatm, is the same as niveus No, 34 ; and Blyth's albo-niger 

 appears to be the same as Gray's Sp. horneensis, which last 

 name must give way. 



„ p. 81, No. 41. — The irides of the adult bird are pale yellow. 



„ p. 85. — Aquila vulturina is not a Sea-eagle, but, says Mr, 

 Gurney in epist., intermediate between audax and imperialis. 



„ p. 87, No. 44 — is, according to Mr. Gurney, Buieo cirtensis of 

 Levaillant, Jr., Explor. d'Algerie, said to be the northern 

 representative of B. tachardus. If recognised as distinct, my 

 specitic name ru^venter v,'i[], I imagine, have the priority. (1842.) 



^ p. 88, No. 45. — This Buzzard is Buteo ferox, Gmelin, leucuruSj 

 Naumann, rujinus, Riippell. 



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