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Mr. Sharpe in the Accipitres unites this species with plumipes, 

 Hodgson. He is most likely right, but at the same time it 

 seems to me to differ in its shorter wing, somewhat slenderer 

 and slightly less-plumed tarsi, and its more characteristically 

 Buzzard head. However, although we have more specimens than 

 the British Museum, neither museum has anything like a sufficient 

 series to enable any certain conclusion to be arrived at. 



48.— Poliornis teesa, Frankl. 



Numerous specimens sent by both Captain Feilden and 

 Mr. Oates are identical with Indian birds. Mr. Oates remarks 

 that this species is " not uncommon in the Thayetmyo District. 

 The food appears to be small crabs. A male measured : Length, 

 1575 ; expanse, 34; tail from vent, 6 - 4; wing, 11 ; tarsus, 2*1 ; 

 bill at front, 1*2. Kfemale: Length, 16' 5; expanse, 36- 5; tail, 

 from vent, 7*3; wing, 11*5; tarsus, 2*56; bill, from gape, 1'8." 



A female measured — 



Length, 165 ; expanse, 36*5 ; tail, from vent, 7'3 ; wing, 11*5 ; 

 bill, 1*3 ; tarsus, 2'56; cere, 4. 



This bird is fond of flooded paddy land, which it beats over, as 

 a harrier does ; but, unlike the latter, it is fond of perching on 

 trees. 



48 ter.— Poliornis liventer, Tem.—'Pl Col. 438. 

 P. pallidus, Less. 



The occurrence of this species at Thayetmyo is somewhat 

 unexpected. Temminck, however, in his original description, gave 

 it from Celebes, Sumatra, Java, and the continent of India. It 

 does not occur certainly on the continent of India, but it occurs, 

 as we now see, on the mainland of Asia, on the very northern 

 frontier of the province of Pegu. It is noteworthy that from the 

 Tenasserim Provinces in 1 845, Dr. Heifer sent a young speci- 

 men of Poliornis barbatns, Eyton ; while now Captain Feilden and 

 Mr. Oates send not only liventer, but also teesa, from Thayetmyo. 

 The occurrence of three such species within one comparatively 

 limited province is certainly curious. Mr. Gray (and I follow 

 him) separates barbatus, Eyton, from poliogenys, and identifies 

 Blyth's pygmaus, founded on Dr. Heifer's specimen (vide my 

 Rough Notes, No. 2, page 291) with the former, and doubtfully 

 with trivirgatus, Moore. Whether this separation be correct or 

 not, we still have three distinct, though nearly allied species from 

 British Burmah. 



The specimen sent me by Captain Feilden, an adult male, 

 measured in the flesh; length, 14-5; wing, 10-8; tarsus, 2"6; tail, 

 6; bill, from gape, 1*3. The bill was pale orange, tipped horny 

 black ; orbital skin, cere, and legs, bright orange ; hides, golden 



