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future cast-aways on that lonely island, I observed a very great 
number of these Sea EKagles on the rocks and trees, and as they 
must be there perfectly undisturbed, this doubtless, is one of their 
breeding-places. At Barren Island, I also observed numbers of 
this Eagle, and for this, the great abundance of dead fish gene- 
rally strewing its shores would account. ‘There is a voleano on 
this island, which is always in a more or less active state of 
eruption ; sulphur and sulphur springs abound in it, and 
there is said to be a boiling spring, in one place, under water, 
near the shore, and either owing to the heat of the water, or to 
noxious gases or substances finding their way into the sea in its 
neighbourhood, the shores of this island are almost always 
strewn with dead and decaying fish ; a rather objectionable loca- 
lity to human visitors, but a perfect paradise to the white- 
bellied Sea Eagle.” 
44. Buteo Vulgaris, Brecusrety. 
Tue Common Buzzarp, (of Europe). 
I have never seen any specimen, of this species, which had 
been obtained in India. ‘The specimen to which Dr. Jerdon 
refers, (Birds of India, Vol. I. p. 87) as killed on the Neilgher- 
ries, and which he figured, (Ill. Ind. Orn. pl. 27) belonged to 
a different species, B. Desertorum ? (No. 44 bis.) I very much 
question, whether the common Buzzard of Europe, really does 
occur in India; every Indian killed example, as yet sent me, as 
belonging to this species has proved to belong to that next to 
be noticed. 
Mr. Blyth says, that this species ‘“ certainly occurs in the 
N. W. Himalayas, near Mussouree, where several specimens 
were collected by Dr. Stewart.” I saw two of the specimens, 
to which I believe Mr. Blyth refers, and though not then 
acquainted with the difference between the two species, remem- 
ber these specimens well, and believe them to have belonged to 
the next species. In another place, Mr. Blyth says “ numerous 
examples from the N. W. Himalayas, several of which are in 
the same collection’ (the Caleutta Museum) ‘I consider to be 
unmistakeably B. Vulgaris.” When I visited it early in 1868, 
the Calcutta Museum only contained two Indian killed speci- 
mens, labelled B. Vulgaris, one from Darjeeling and the other 
from Nepal, (none at all from the N. W. Himalayas,) and 
both these two I should refer to the next species. 
After all, this species may oocur in the Himalayas, and, 
