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8-12-05, $ , crown rufous streaked ; throat rufous ; upper breast some 

 light blotches otherwise in dark plumage. Wing 16'6". 



12-12-05, ? , crown and nape dull yellowish-white feather abraded ; 

 throat similar ; breast blotched with brown and white, remainder of plumage 

 dark. Wing 16". The sexes are practically identical in size. Locally 

 distributed owing to its propensity for well watered tracts. A common 

 bird in some of the large " bhils " in North Lakhimpur. 



345. Buteo ferox (S. G. Gmel.) [1239]. — The Long-legged Buzzard. 

 Dejoo, North Lakhimpur, molested by two Jungle Crows and driven 



out of the trees near the Tea house jan, at the time put down as Pernis 

 cristatus. Secured on 29-11-10 and proved to be a c? • Wing 16"5", length 

 21". Iris warm stone grey ; cere greenish-yellow ; gape yellow ; bill 

 black, bluish towards base ; tarsus olivaceous yellow ; claws black. This 

 specimen is remarkably pale but agrees with a similar example from 

 Afghanistan in my collection. This locality is considerably east of its range 

 as given by Blanford. (Sikkim). 



346. Accipiter badius poliopsis (Hume.) [1244, part.]. — The Burmese Shikra. 



Astur badius, Blanford, F. B. I., Vol. iii., p. 398. 



Rungagora, 4-7-03, J ad. (149); Komolabari, 1—13-9-04, S ad. (135). 



Dejoo, 23-7-04, S juv. (140); 2— 3-5-10 *; 2-8-04, 2 juv. (141) ; 5-8-04, 

 S juv. (139) ; 15-9-08, $ ad. (828) ; 10-8-07, <S juv. (151) ; 21-10-08, 

 $ ad. (827). 



No. 149. Shot with a Sparr6w {Passer montanus) in its talons which 

 it had taken out of a tree a few yards from the bungalow at mid-day. 



This series shows all the characteristics in plumage from the immature 

 stage to adult. S ad.. No. 140, iris crimson ; S immature. No. 151, iris pale 

 yellow. 



347. Lophospizias trivirgatus rufitinctus (McClell.) [1246, part]. — The Large 



Crested Goshawk. 



Lojjhospizias trivirgatus, Blanford, I'. B. I., Vol. iii., p. 401. 



Rungagora, 29-12-01, J juv. (195), very pale specimen, sparsely blotched 

 on breast ; Dejoo, 25-4-03, S ad. (159), iris golden-yellow ; 24-7-04, S 

 juv. (198) ; 12-9-08, S juv. (201) ; 8-1-11, S ad. (3541) ; Derpai, 27-1-06, S 

 ad. (156). 



No. 195. Iris light yellow; cere and orbital ring yellow; bill : lower 

 mandible blue black, upper mandible black ; tarsus dull yellow ; claws 

 blackish-horn. 



No. 156. Iris orange ; cere and gape greenish yellow ; orbital skin yellow ; 

 bill black ; tarsi dark yellow ; claws black. 



No. 3541. Iris deep gamboge ; cere greenish-yellow ; orbital skin and 

 gape greenish-yellow ; bill bluish at tip, base black, lower mandible pale 

 nluish ; tarsus ochreous yellow ; claws black. 



This series shows all the characteristics in plumage from the immature 

 stage to adult. Somewhat unusual that no females have been secured. 



Beni, Abor-Miri hills, 5-2-06'", as we were about to pitch our camp in 

 some forest adjacent to the " changs" we disturbed this hawk in possession 

 of a partridge Arboricola ruftgularis which it had almost picked bare and 

 dropped at our approach. 



348. Accipiter nisus nisosimilis (Tickell) [1247, part]. 



Accipiter ?iisus, Blanford, F. B. I., Vol. iii., p. 402. 

 Rungagora, Dibrugarh, 6-4-03, cS , No. 137, immature in abraded 

 plumage ; 26-1-04, d , No. 136, immature ; 28-2-04, cS , No. 4548, immature ; 

 Dejoo, North Lakhimpur, 2-12-10, cJ , No. 3473, adult. 



