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“The same description will almost answer for the secondaries. 
With regard to the tertiaries, I mentioned before a fulvous 
ashy bar as crossing the whole of the primaries: this bar 
continues across the secondaries also ; but when it reaches the ter- 
tiaries, only the outer webs receive the termination of the bar, 
which is here much darker, with a rufescent tinge, while the 
inner webs (in the same line) are. very conspicuouly marbled 
and mottled with white. Under side of the wings, at about 
one quarter of their length from the tips, crossed entirely from 
side to side, with a broad pearl-ashy white bar, which becomes 
somewhat mottled on the under side of the secondaries and 
tertiaries. Above this, or higher up the under side of the wing, 
along its centre, a sort of irregular double or treble row of 
rather smallish white spots traverses, in broken order, the 
whole wing from side to side. 
“ Lesser under wing coverts, of a beautiful rufous tawny 
colour ; each feather with two longitudinal rows of clear white 
ocelli: each-ocellus surrounded with an edging of blackish 
brown. Larger under wing coverts, of a beautiful pearly grey 
colour, each feather with two longitudinal rows of large oval, 
and oblong, clear white ocelli ; each ocellus surrounded with an 
edging of brown ; some of the central pairs of ocelli, more 
transversely extended towards each other, than others, so as 
almost to have the appearance of a sort of broken bar on some 
of the feathers. 'These ocelli, on the under wing coverts, are 
even still more like those on the plumage of the Argus Phea- 
sant. ‘Tarsi naked, with large hexagonal scales and of a dirty 
earthy yellowish, or pale horn colour, tinged blotchily, towards 
the lower parts, with a sort of aureous or saffron colour. 
“Feet, with smaller scales, and of a dirty yellow colour. 
Upper scales of toes, very large, and of an aureous yellow 
colour. Claws, black.’’ 
No. 39 (z1s.) Spilornis Bacha, Davp1n. 
Tue Maray Harrier Hacre. 
[S. Spilogaster, Blyth. Hematornis Elgini, Tytler. Falco 
Bido, Horsf. Circaetus Bacha, Schlegel. | 
I know nothing myself of the nidification of this species, which 
I have never seen alive; but Mr. Layard who knew this species 
well (though he gives the wing eighteen inches !) in Ceylon where 
it is common, remarks, “‘ They were very plentiful at Point Pedro, 
in the north of Ceylon, and frequented the jungle-dotted plains 
throughout the Northern provinces. It was no uncommon thing 
