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albus, Daudin. B. mutans et fasciatus, Vieillot. B. septen- 

 trionalis, medius, et murum, Brehm. B. communis, Cuvier. B. 

 sivainsonii, Pr. Bonaparte. B. montanus, Riippell. B. rufiventer, 

 Jerdon. B.japonicus, Schlegel. 



Hub. Northern hemisphere; rare, and to the northward only 

 in America. The loftier hills only in India. Common in the 

 N.W. Himalaya. 



07. B. PLUMiPES, Hodgson, vide J. A. S. xiv. p. 2 ; P. Z. S. 

 1845, p. 37. 



Syn. B. pygmmus, Blyth, J. A. S. xiv. p. 177. 



Hab. Central region of Nepal; Tenasserim provinces?* 



Genus Poliornis, Kaup. 



68. P. TEESA. (Hardwicke, 111. Ind. Zool. pi. 30.) 



Syn. Circus teesa, Franklin. Astur hyder, Sykes. Zuggun 

 Falcon, Latham. P.fasciatus (?), A. Hay, Madr. Journ. L. Sc. 

 xiii. p. 146. Astur barhatus (?), Eyton, Ann. N. H. 1845, 

 p. 227. 



Hab. Plains of India. Seldom met with on the mud-soil of 

 Lower Bengal, though appearing immediately this is quitted. 

 Tenasserim provinces (common) ; Malayan peninsula. " Not 

 seen in the Punjab or W. Himalaya" (Adams). 



Subfam. HALiAiJTiNiE. 

 Genus Pandion, Savigny. 



69. P. HALiAiiTUs. (Gould's B. E. pi. 12.) 



Syn. Falco halia'etus, L. F. carolinensis, F. cayanensis, et F. 

 arundinaceus, Gmelin. F. piscator, Brisson. Aquila piscatrix, 

 Vieillot. Aq. balbuzardus, Dumeril. P. fluvialis, Savigny. P. 

 americanus, Vieillot. P. alticeps et P. planiceps, Brehm. P. in- 

 dicus, Hodgson. Bengal Osprey, Latham. 



Hab. Of general distribution ; the Australian race (P. leuco- 

 cephalus, Gould, which, according to Prof. Schlegel, is also found 



* The probably identity of B. pijf/meeus with B. plumipes was suggested 

 to me by Dr. Jerdon. 



