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the throat whitish with small longitudinal brown streaks, some- 
white transverse bands on the belly, and yellowish bands towards 
the abdomen. The young of the year, according to him, have 
the general colour light brown, variegated with whitish and 
yellowish, the throat white with longitudinal spots, the feathers 
of the breast bordered with white, the middle of the belly whitish, 
with large longitudinal oval or cordate spots. Birds of this 
latter kind, I think, are old males, those described in the preced- 
ing sentence, old females. 
44 BIs. Buteo Desertorum, Davunriny. 
Tue Arrican Buzzarp. 
Buteo Rufiventer, Jerdon. 
»,  Capensis, Schlegel. 
» Cirtensts, Le Vail. Junr. 
Falco Vulpinus, Licht. 
IT have already ventured to express some doubts as to the 
occurrence of Buteo Vulgaris in India, and it is certain that 
whether this species does or does not occur, the present species 
figured by Jerdon as Rufiventer (Ill. In. Orn. plate 27,) 
which is common in the Himalayas, is the one that in most 
Indian collections, does duty for it. This is the species which 
Dr. Jerdon describes at page 87 of the “ Birds of India,” when he 
mentions the specimen shot in the Neilgherries ; this is the species 
to which belong specimens obtained in Cashmere by Dr. Jerdon, 
and given to Colonel Tytler and myself, by him, as B. Vulgaris ; 
and this also, is certainly the species of which Dr. Stewart ob- 
tained some specimens near Mussourie, (vide Ir. Blyth’s remarks 
already quoted, page 261) though I cannot assert that he may not 
have procured others of the true B. Vulgaris. Whether this 
Indian species, be really identical with B. Desortorum, Daudin ; 
and B. Cirtensis, Le Vaill. Jun., figured by Mr. Bree as B. 
Tachardus, Daudin, I cannot pretend* to say. In this identifi- 
* My own private belief is, that ours is a larger bird, Layard gives the 
wing of the South African species, as 14 inches. For comparison, I quote his 
description &c. 
“ Upper parts brown; each feather having pale edges, and a black shaft. 
Head, pale fulvous, streaked with brown. Wing feathers dark brown. Tail 
feathers fulvous, inclined to rufous, and narrowly barred with brown; the 
broadest bar at the tip. Under parts, pale fulvous ; almost white on the 
chin and throat; streaked on the two latter, and blotched on the former 
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