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236. Desert Buzzard. Buteo huteo rufiventer (Jerdon). 



Buteo desertorum. Shelley, p. 201. 



Common and resident in suitable localities. As its trivial 

 name implies, it is partial to the desert, but is frequently met 

 with in the cultivation also. 



Slightly smaller than the common buzzard and more 

 rufous in colouration. 



237. North African Long-legged Buzzard. Buteo ferox cirtensis 



Levaillant. 



Resident, breeds. 



Smaller than the following buzzard though similar in 

 coloration. 



238. Long-legged Buzzard. Buteo ferox ferox (S. G. Gmelin). 



Buteo ferox. Shelley, p. 201. 



A few in winter. 



Length about 25 inches. Top of head whitish buff streaked 

 with brown ; rest of upper parts cinnamon brown mottled with 

 dark brown ; under parts creamy brown streaked with darker 

 brown ; tail rufous red, only slightly and faintly barred, some- 

 times without bars in old birds. In really old birds the head and 

 neck become almost white and the tail rufous white. Black and 

 almost white examples occur. 



239. Rough-legged Buzzard. Buteo lagopus (Briinnich). 



Not mentioned by Shelley. 



Not uncommon during the autumn migration and again 

 in spring. 



Length about 25 inches. Head and neck whitish streaked 

 with brown ; mantle dark brown ; basal half of tail white with 

 a broad subterminal bar of brown and some narrow dark bars 

 on a mottled ground colour ; under parts huffish barred with 

 rufous brown ; front and sides of legs feathered to the toes. 



240. Spotted Eagle. Aquila maculata (Gmelin). 



Aquila ncBvia. Shelley, p. 206. 



Not uncommon from autumn to spring. Some possibly 

 nest in Egypt, as I have seen examples as late as May in Lower 

 Egypt. 



