370 Mr. J. 11. Gurney's Notes on 



bars; the terminal portion of the tail in tliis specimen is 

 slightly tinged with rufous. 



From Buteo hemilasius it appears to be a natural transition 

 to pass to the consideration of the Rough-legged Buzzards, 

 forming the genus Archibuteo ; subsequently to which I pro- 

 pose to recur to the remaining Buteonine groups with unfea- 

 thered tarsi, to which I have not as yet alluded. 



In treating of the genus Archibuteo, it may be convenient, 

 in the first instance, to refer to Archibuteo strophiatus of 

 Hodgson, a species of at least equal rarity with Buteo hemi- 

 lasius, and of somewhat similar geographical range, as it ex- 

 tends from Northern India to China, where it has been ob- 

 tained as far north as Shanghai; it has not, however, so far 

 as I know, been observed in Japan. 



The earliest synonyms for this species are, according to 

 Mr. Sharper's work, the following : — 



Hemia'etos strophiatus, Hodgson, in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 81 

 (1844). 



Archibuteo strophiatus, Gray, Cat. of Hodgson's Coll. of 

 Mammals and Birds of Nepal, p. 39 (1846). 



Archibuteo hemiptilopus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. vol. xv. p. 1 

 (1846). 



Archibuteo cryptogenys, Hodgson, Calcutta Journ. N. H. 

 p. 94, pi. 3.* fig. 1 (1847) . 



In considering the question whether these synonyms are 

 all properly referable to the same species, it may be well to 

 mention that the British Museum possesses what appears to 

 be the undoubted type specimen of Hodgson's "strophiatus," 

 as that specific namef is inscribed on a coloured draAving pre- 

 sented by Mr. Hodgson to the Museum, which so accurately 

 represents the stuffed specimen in the national collection, 

 that I think there can be no doubt of its being a portrait of 

 that individual. This specimen is also figured in Mr. Sharpens 

 work, pi. 7. fig. 2. 



* This plate is erroneously referred to as pi. 5 in Mr. Sharpe's book, 

 probably from a misprint. 



t I am indebted to Mr. Sharpe for the following copy of the inscription 

 on this drawing : — " Aquila? stroj^hiata. Type of the subgenus Ilemiaetus^ 

 Tflaihi." 



