398 MR. R. C. BEAVAN ON INDIAN RAPTORES. [JuilC 11, 



zard (?) or Eagle, which was killed at Umballah on .SOth November 

 1866, by a brother of the late Dr. Scott, with No. 10 shot, on a 

 tamarisk-tree in a neighbouring garden to that occupied by the 

 latter. Its dimensions were as follows : — 



Spread of -n-ii 



Length. Wing. Tail. Tar.sus. foot mi- ^^^^^ Gape. Extent. 



derneatli. 



20in. 14|in. 8|in. 2§in. 4in. J-|in. lyVi"- 49 in. 



This bird was pecuhar in having pure-white spots at the shoulder 

 of the wing (very visible when flying, according to Mr. Scott). The 

 cere was bright golden yellow, irides brown ; the bill greenish at 

 base and dark horny at the tip ; the legs dully coloured yellow, with 

 strong black claws. Its general colour was dark brown, lighter, ap- 

 proaching white, on the tips of the feathers of the upper tertiaries 

 and the ends of the upper tail-coverts, as well as on the tips of the 

 upper secondaries ; tarsus wholly feathered to the foot. 



47. BuTEO PLUMiPES, Hodg. The Harrier Buzzard. 



"This, Mr. Blyth now considers, and, I think, correctly, to be a 

 dark variety, or quasi-melanism, of Bufeo japonicus" (Gurney in 

 epist. January 1866). 



48. PoLiORNis TEESA, Frank. The White-eyed Buzzard. 



This small Buzzard was tolerably abundant about Umballah, in 

 the station of which I got my first specimen, on 23rd October, 1866, 

 and afterwards procured several others, the dimensions of which, in 

 the flesh, I subjoin : — 



October 23rd, 1866. 

 Spread of 

 Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, foot un- Bill ft. Gape. Extent. 



derneath. 

 ]6|in. llfin. 7|in. 2fin. 2fin. barely 1 in. l;^in. 35 iu. 



November 14th, at Lallroo, 8 miles N.W. of Umballah. 



61 m lU 6| 2t 2| \j\- If 36| 



?? 17^ 12i 71 2i 3 11 H 39| 



Of the presumed male the weight was | lb. ; of the presumed 

 female 17oz. The irides are pure pearl-white, legs and cere pale 

 orange-yellow, claws and terminal three-fourths of the beak black. 



.54. Circus ^eruginosus, Linn. The Marsh Harrier. 

 Of this I procured an example in the Maunbhoom district, on the 

 5th March, 1865. I find I have recorded of this bird that I shot 

 it in the act of stealing the eggs of the common Speckled Dove 

 (Tiirtur suratensis), from a nest in a sal tree (Shorea robusta). The 

 dimensions in the flesh were as follows : — 



Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



20 in. — 10 in. 3^ in. 



the wing to the end of the longest primary being 16| inches. Feet 

 and tarsus bright yellow, claws black ; the irides also bright yellow. 



