406 



Hume as P. tweeddalii (S. F. ix, p. 446 ; x, pp. 122, 573, plate), was 

 founded on specimens from the Malay Peninsula and was at first 

 regarded as identical with P. bracJiypterus, the type of which was 

 sent to Blyth by Captain Berdmore from Mergui. But the de- 

 scription of P. brachypterus would apply equally well to a young 

 P. cristatus, and until an unmistakable specimen is obtained from 

 Tenasserim, P. tweeddalii cannot be included amongst Burmese birds. 



1249. Pernis cristatus. The Crested Honey-Buzzard. 

 Buteo cristatus, CUD., Vieill Tall. Enc. Meth., Orn. p. 1225 (March 



1823). 



Falco ptilorhynchus, Temm. PL Col pi. 44 (July 1823). 

 Pernis cristata, Cuv. Regne An. ed. 2, i, p. 335 (1829) ; Jerdon, 



Madr. Jour. L. S. x, p. 73 ; Blyth, Cat. p. 18 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, 



p. 63 ; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 108 ; Hume, Rough Notes, p. 330 ; Blyth, 



Ibis, 1870, p. 160; id. S. F. i, p. 103 ; Anderson, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 80; 



Adam, S. F. i, p. 369 ; Brooks, J. A. 8. B. xliii, pt. 2, p. 243. 

 Pernis ptilorhynchus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii, pt. 2, p. 44, pi. 35 ; 



Holdsworth, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 414 ; Hume, N. fy E. p. 55 ; Butler, S. F* 



iii, p. 448 ; Blyth fy Wold. Birds Burm. p. 60 ; Fairbank, S. F. 



iv, p. 253 ; Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi, p. 23 ; Ball, S. F. vii, p. 200 ; 



Hume, Cat. no. 57 ; Butler, 8. F. ix, p. 375 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1880, 



j>. 203 ; Reid, 8. F. x, p. 13 ; Damson, ibid. p. 340 ; Oates, B. B. 



li, p. 207 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 16 j Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 57 ; 



Oates in Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 181. 

 Pernis elliotti, Jameson, Mem. Wern. Soc. vii, p. 493 (1838), descr. 



nulla ; Jerdon, Madr. Jour. L. S. x, p. 74. 

 Pernis brachypterus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxi, p. 436 (1852) ; Hume, 



8. F. iii, p. 36 ; id. Cat. no. 57 bis. 

 Pernis ptilonorhynchus, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 347 ; Legye, Birds 



Ceyl. p. 89. 



Shahutela, Madkdre, H. ; Madhava, Nepal ; Tenu gedda, Tel. ; Ten 

 prandu, Tarn. ; Jen alawa, Can. ; lutalu, Yerkli ; Malsuwari, Mhari, 

 All names having reference to honey. 



Fig. 98. Head of P. cristatus, |. 



Coloration very variable. The adult plumage most commonly 

 seen is the following : forehead, lores, sides of head, including ear- 

 coverts and chin, ashy grey (the extent varies), passing gradually 

 into the dark brown of the neck, body, and wings ; sometimes there 

 is a small nuchal crest of black or brown ovate feathers. Blackish 

 shaft-stripes frequently occur on the crown, neck, back, wing- 

 coverts, and breast, or on some of them. Primaries brown outside, 

 whity brown inside, with black ends and two blackish bands. Tail 



