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doubt among its most favourite haunts. It is essentially a 
wood and water loving species. 
Mr. Blyth, at one time, described a specimen of a Crested 
Honey Buzzard from Mergui, under the name of Pernis Bra- 
chypterus, in the following terms. 
“Colour dark hair brown above; crest simple, broad, 
two and a half inches long, the feathers composing it, white 
tipped as are also those adjacent. Lower parts white, with dark 
central streaks or tears on the breast and flanks.” 
Does any one know what became of this specimen ? and what 
ultimate verdict, if any, was pronounced as to its specific dis- 
tinctness ? 
I cannot find that this supposed new species has ever been 
confirmed, or suppressed. The description would apply well 
enough to many examples of P. Cristata, that I have seen, 
except that the crest is longer than any I have yet noticed in 
this species. If distinct, it should stand as No. 57 bis. 
No. 58. Baza Lophotes. Cuvier. 
Tur Cresrep Buack Kire. } 
Nothing is known of the nidification of this rare species, of 
which I have never myself procured a specimen. 
Of the nearly allied Australian B. Subcristata, all Mr. Gould 
tells us is, that he has received an egg, procured in the bushes 
of the Clarence, said to belong to this species, which egg is a 
pure white, and measures about 1°63 by 1°29. 
The crested Black Kites are essentially an Oceanic type, 
Besides the Australian species, already referred to, we have, 
according to Wallace, the typical B. Reiwardti from Bouru, 
Amboyna and Ceram, and a somewhat smaller race of the same 
species trom New Guinea, the Aru and Ke Ilds, Salwatty and 
Timor; B. Rufa, from Batchian, and Gilolo; B. Magnirostris, 
from Celebes and the Sula Islands, and possibly Borneo and 
the Philippines; and B. Swmatrensis from Sumatra. 
As for the Indian species, it occurs in Ceylon, on the east 
coast of the Peninsula, in Lower Bengal, Assam, 'Tipperah, and 
British Burmah, but as far as I can make out, only as a seasonal 
visitant, during the latter part of the rains and the early part of 
the cold season. 
Schlegel says, that our bird is found in Malacca, which Mr. 
Wallace seems to question, but Blyth says, he has repeatedly 
seen it from thence. As for its being more frequently met 
