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b. S • Burao, 24th Feb., 1906. 



c. <$ . Waghar, 10th-30th Oct., 1905. 



Iris raw sienna ; bill dark slate-coloured ; cere canary- 

 yellow ; legs and feet reddish-orange, nails blue-black. 



Melierax gabar (Daud). 



Micronisus gabar Reich, i. p. 565 (1901). 



n-e. $ ? et (J ? imm. Burao, 9th Jan.-21st March, 

 1906. 



Iris tawny-brown; cere pink or orange; billslate-colonred; 

 legs and feet orange. 



Melierax niger (Vieill.). 



Melierax niger Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 4.19 ; Butler, 

 Ibis, 1908, p. 419. 



Micronisus niger Reich, i. p. 567 (1901). 



a. $ ■ Waghar, 29th Nov., 1905. 



Iris brown ; bill orange at the base, slate-coloured at the 

 tip ; legs and feet vermilion, toes blue-black. 



Mr. Butler considers that this bird is merely a melanism 

 of M. gabar. 



Buteo augur Riipp. 

 Bvteo augur Reich, i. p. 592 (1901). 

 a. S ■ Waghar, 6th Oct., 1905. 



Iris dark brown; bill dark slate-coloured, cere orange ; legs 

 and feet orange, toes bluish-black. 



Milvus /egyptius Gmel. 



Milvus (Bgijptius Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 420; Reich. 

 i. p. 609 (1901). 



a-d. S ? • Waghar, 18th Sept.-6th Nov., 1905. 



Falco tanypterus Schl. 



Falco tanypterus Reich, i. p. 626 (1901). 



a. S . Dubar, 4th June, 1905. 



b. (?. Burao, 21st March, 1906. 



Iris brown; bill slate-coloured at the tip, shading to yel- 

 lowish-white at the base ; cere yellow ; legs and feet yellow, 

 mills blue-black. 



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