66 DE. J. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE ZOOLOGY OF 



BIRDS. 



By R. Bowdler Sharpe, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 

 Assistant in the Zoological Department, British Museum. 



[The collection of Birds has been determined for me by my friend Mr. R. Bowdler 

 Sharpe, of the British Museum, who has added such synonymy of the species as bears 

 upon their distribution in Afghanistan and neighbouring parts of Central Asia. 

 My own notes on localities and habits are placed within brackets *. The sex of each 

 specimen was carefully noted by me at the time of skinning it. — J. E. T. A.] 



Order ACCIPITRES. 



Earn. FALCONID^]. 



1. Circus cyaneus. 



Circus cyaneus (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, i. p. 52 (1874) ; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. lvi. p. 77. 

 Strigiceps cyaneus, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 109. 



1. ? , juv. Bala-morghab, Badghis. 11th January, 1885. 



2. c?>J uv - » » 23rd December, 1884. 

 Cf. Blanford, Eastern Persia, ii. p. 110, note under C. macrurus. 



2. Circus ^ruginosus. 



Circus (eruginosus (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, i. p. 69; Blanford, Eastern Persia, ii. p. 110 (1876) ; C. 

 Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 100; Scully, t. c. p. 78. 



Circus rufus, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 109. 



1. (J, juv. Mara-chak, Badghis. 15th February, 1885. (Head only.) 



2. Young specimen without locality or date. [I believe this was got at Bala-morghab. — J. E. T. A.] 



3. BUTEO FEROX. 



Buteoferox (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, i. p. 176, pi. 8 (1874) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 113 ; Wardlaw-Ramsay, 

 Ibis, 1880, p. 47 ; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 99; Scully, t. c. p. 78. 

 Buteo leucurus, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 103. 



1. ? . Between Sha-ismail and Salian. 9th October, 1884. 



2. J 1 . Between Koaja-palounda and Karez-darra, Badghis. 6th December, 1884. 



3. S . Gulran, Badghis. 11th March, 1885. 



No. 2 is of the dark fuliginous form found in the Punjab. The others are of the 

 ordinary type. 



4. NlSAETUS FASCIATUS. 



Nisaetus fasciatus (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, i. p. 250 (1874). 

 Aquila fasciata, Blanf. /. c. p. 112. 



1. <?. Bala-morghab, Badghis. 21st December 1884. 



An adult bird, with white breast. 



* [An important paper on the Birds of Southern Afghanistan, by Lieut.-Col. Swinhoe, will be found in the ' Ibis ' 

 for 1882, pp. 95-126.— Ed.] 



