92 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



lines ; and Blyth In his Circince. Franklin made it a Circus, Sykes 

 an Astur, and Kaup a Circaetus. It differs somewhat from Buteo 

 in its less corpulent form, and general adaptation for more active 

 habits, in its less strongly scutellated tarsi, and stronger talons ; 

 but it is essentially a Buzzard, as shown by its short feet, by the 

 white under wing, the rufous tail, and by its habits. It is confined 

 to India and Malayana. 



48. Poliornis teesa, Frankl. 



Circus, apud Franklin, P. Z. S. 1831 — Blyth, Cat. 93 — 

 HoRSF., Cat. 50 — Buteo teesa, Jerdon, Cat. 22 — Gray, and 

 Hardw., 111. Ind. Zool. 2., pi. 30— Astur Hyder, Sykes, Cat. 12— 

 Tisa, H. — Buda-mali gedda, Tel. — Yellur of the Yerklees. 



The White-eyed Buzzard. 



Descr. — Young bird, brown above, paler and rufescent on 

 the head, with a white eyebrow, and nuchal spot; wing coverts 

 much mottled with white, forming a light wing spot ; quills pale 

 brown, banded darker, and white beneath ; tail pale rufescent, 

 with dark bars on the inner webs, and on both near the tip ; be- 

 neath white, or fulvescent, some of the feathers streaked with 

 brown, especially on the breast and flanks. 



The adult bird has the upper plumage somewhat rufescent brown, 

 some of the feathers dark shafted; the forehead white, and a 

 conspicuous white nuchal mark; the wing coverts mottled light 

 brown and whitish ; the quills pale brown, with narrow dark bars, 

 and a dark tip, and the winglet dark brown ; tail pale rufous, with 

 the bars more indistinct ; beneath, chin and throat fulvescent, or 

 white, with a central dark chin stripe, and a lateral one on each 

 side, bounding the light chin; the rest of the lower parts hair 

 brown, banded on the abdomen, and less so on the breast, with 

 white bars ; thigh-coverts faintly barred with rufous, and the under 

 tail coverts unspotted fulvescent white. 



Length of a female 18 inches ; wing 11 1 ; tail 6;^ ; tarsus 2| ; mid- 

 toe and claw If ; bill at gape 1;^. — A male is about 16 to 17 

 inches. Iris pale brown, or dun, in the young bird, stone-white 

 in adults. 



