to the Birds of Lucknow. 603 



size, I fancy that it is a male. The feet, legs, and cere in 

 this bird were lemon-yellow ; in the female I noted the bill 

 as yellowish grey at the base and bluish black at the tip. 

 Since that time I have on two or three occasions come across 

 birds which I believe to have been examples of this Eagle, 

 but was unable to secure them. 



MiLVUs MELANOTis (Tcmm. & Schleg.) . Large Indian 

 Kite. 



There is no mention by Reid of this Kite occurring in 

 Lucknow, but there is a skin in the Museum from the 

 adjoining district of Hardoi. I shot a female, which was 

 sitting on a low dhak-tree by a jheel, on Jan. 18, 1900. When 

 I caught sight of it, I mistook it for an Eagle, and as it rose 

 knocked it over, without, however, paying much attention 

 to it. When 1 came to examine the skin I saw at once 

 what it was. Had not my man determined the sex, I should 

 have said that 25 inches was small for a female of this 

 species. The tail-feathers, however, were very much frayed 

 and broken. The shafts of the breast- and head-feathers 

 were very dark brown edged with white. The bird itself was a 

 very dark specimen, all the rufous tints being conspicuous 

 by their absence. The white wing-patches were fairly well 

 marked, but were buffy rather than pure white. 



To make certain that my identification was correct, I sent 

 the skin to the Calcutta Museum, where my conclusions 

 were confirmed. 



BuTEO FEROX (Jcrdou) . Long-legged Buzzard. 



The late Mr. George Reid did not include this species in 

 ■ his list, but evidently came across it after publication, as 

 I find an unnamed skin of it with his label attached \_" ^ , 

 Lucknow Dist,, 12.11.88 •'•']. A second skin — also un- 

 named, but with the Museum (native) collector's label on 

 it [" ?, Lucknow Dist., 30.12.1888 '']— is in the collec- 

 tion of the Provincial Museum. I myself have shot two 

 specimens — one in the cold weather of 1899, the other, a 

 female, on the 7th of Nov., 1900. The skin of the first has, 

 unfortunately, been mislaid, but the second — which I sent 



