572 AYES. 



The measurements of the above specimen are as follows : — 



Total length 21-5 



Wing 16-7 



Tail 10-5 



Tarsus 2-1 



The bird in question is in the plumage which Mr. Sharpe describes (l. c.) as 

 the intermediate stage ; certainly it is not adult and has no crest to speak of. 

 Mr. Hume {I.e.) does not speak very positively as to the specific distinctness 

 of the Burmese Honey Buzzard, and it is probable that the bird from these 

 countries is intermediate between the ordinary Indian species and the large crested 

 form which inhabits Java. 



Genus El anus, Savigny. 

 9. Elanus ciERULEUs, Dcsf. 



La petite Buse crlarde, Sonn., Voy. Ind., t. ii^ p. 184, 1782. 



Falco cfBruleus, Desf., Mem. Acad. K. des Sciences, 1787, p. 503, pi. xv. 



Criard Falcon, Lath., Gen. Syn. Suppl., vol. i, p. 38, 1787. 



Falco vociferus, Lath., Ind. Orn., vol. i, p. 4t5, 1790. 



Le Blac, Levaill., Ois. d'Afr., t. i, p. 147, pis. xxxvi, xxxvii, 1799. 



Falco melanopterus , Daud., Traits d^Orn., t. ii, p. 152, 1800. 



Falco clamosus, Shaw, Gen. ZooL, vol. vii, p. 200, 1809. 



Flanus ccesius, Savigny, Syst. Ois. d^Egypte, p. 274, 1809. 



Elanus melanoptems, Leach, Zool. Misc., p. 5, pi. 122, 1817; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 112, 1862; 



Hume, Kough Notes, vol. ii, p. 21, 1870; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xliv, 



1875, ex. No., p. 60 ; David, Journ. Voy. en Chine, 1875, t. i, p. 30. 

 Elanoides c(Esius, Bonn, et VieilL, Enc. Meth., t. iii, p. 1206, 1823. 

 Buteo vociferus, Bonn, et Vieill., Enc. Meth., t. iii, p. 1220, 1823. 

 Flanus minor, Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 22, 1850. 

 Elanus caruUus, Strickland, Orn. Syn., p. 137, 1855 ; Sharpe, Cat. B., vol. i, p. 336, 1874. 



a. t> Momien, 6th June 1868. 



This specimen approaches Elanus hypoleucus in appearance, as it shows a little 

 white near the base of the inner webs of the primaries. My specimen measures as 

 foUows : — 



Inches. 



Total length 13-0 



Wing 10-5 



Tail 5-6 



Tarsus 1-3 



These dimensions agree, very fairly, with those given by Mr. Sharpe in his 

 Catalogue. 



Genus Ciecus, Lacepede. 



10. Circus melanoleucus, Eorster. Pis. XLV & XLVI. 



Falco melanoleucus, Eorster, Indisch. Zool., p. 12, pi. xi, 1781. 

 Faucon d collier des Indes, Sonn., Voy. Ind., t. ii, p. 182, 1782. 



