476 Mr. K. B. Sharpe on Birds from Fao. 



notes sent by him (which are enclosed in brackets) contain 

 very instructive information on the migration of some of 

 the species observed, while his account of the nesting of 

 HypocoUus is an interesting record of a hitherto unknown 

 fact. 



1. Circus macrurus (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B, Brit. Mus. 

 i. p. 67 (1874) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 110 (1876). 



No. 58. An adult and a youug male, the latter losing the 

 brown immature plumage. [Shot in November 1884.] 



No. 44. A male and female in immature plumage. [Shot 

 in September 1884. Winter visitant.] 



2. BuTEo DESERTORUM (Daud.) ; Sharpc, t. c. p. 179. 

 No. 103. One of the specimens sent is in the dark plumage 



of so-called B. menetriesi. 



[Winter visitant. Shot on 9th and 10th September, 1884.] 



3. NisAETUS PENNATUs (Gm.) ; Sharpc, t.c. p. 253. 

 Aquila pe7inata, Blanf. t. c. p. 112. 



No. 99. A male and female in light plumage and one in 

 the melanistic phase. 



[Winter visitant. The black one was shot on the 9th of 

 September, 1884, and the other two on the 23rd of the same 

 month ; they were seated together on an old mud fort.] 



4. MiLvus KORSCHUN (Gm.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 322. 

 Milvus migrans, Blanf. /. c. p. 114. 



No. 48. Tavo specimens. 



[These Kites visit Fao frequently during the year, but do 

 not remain longer than a couple of days at a time, roostiug 

 at night on the date-trees. 



During the winter they are more frequently seen circling 

 overhead. 



From March to April large flocks migrate from S. to N.] 



5. Pernis apivorus (L.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 341. 

 No. 107. An example in uniform brown plumage. 

 [Winter visitant. Shot September 22, 1884.] 



