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exposed portions of the longer wing coverts and the last few 
wing quills largely white, irregularly pied with black and 
ferruginous red ; the outer webs of the inner primaries and 
some secondaries washed with reddish-chestnut ; wing lining . 
black, the greater under coverts and the under surface of wing 
quills and tail ashy-white, darkening to blackish towards the 
tips of the wing quills, and with blackish patches towards the 
end of the tail feathers. 
Chin and throat black ; a broad white gorget on the lower 
fore-neck ; below this is an indefinite black band tinged with 
chestnut ; breast and long flank plumes whitish-buff, banded 
with chestnut ; abdomen, thighs, and lower tail coverts 
erayish-black, the abdomen fringed with pale reddish-white, 
and the tail coverts with whitish. 
Young birds have the ferruginous and white markings on 
the scapulars and quills more developed, the black of the 
plumage is duller, and the red banding on the flank is fainter 
or wanting. 
Bill, in a fresh specimen, pale grayish-blue, black at the tip ; 
cere, legs, and feet pale grayish-blue ; iris purple-brown. 
Males : length 13; wing 9°25; tail 5°25; tarsus 1°1; 
mid-toe without claw 1-1; bill from gape 1. 
Females slightly larger ; wing 9° 9. 
Distribution.—A rare bird, which appears to have its head- 
quarters at the base of the Himalayas, from Nepal eastwards. 
It also ranges through Burma to Uochin-China and the Malay 
Peninsula. In Ceylon it is a rare migrant during the north- 
east monsoon. Specimens have been recorded from various 
widely-scattered localities in the low-country. 
Habits, &:c.—This species may be found in fairly wild jungle 
or forest, generally at no great elevation. It occasionally goes 
about in little troops, and is said to feed mainly on insects. 
The ery is sharp and Kite-like. 
BazA CRYLONENSTS (Blanford, Vol. II[., p. 409 ; 
Legge, p. 94). 
Leqge’s Baza. 
Description.—Adult : Feathers of crown and nape dark 
brown, deepening to black on the shafts and towards the end, 
