S70 APPEND! * 



Vol. I., p. 90, No, 46.— This is Buteo kemilasius, Schlegel. 



p. 91, No. 47. — Buteo plumipes is quite distinct from B. pyg- 

 mceus, Bl., (which is Poliomis poliogenys, T.), and will form, 

 as Mr. Blyth tells me, a separate division, which indeed 1 

 suggested. 

 „ p. 98, No. 53. — This Harrier, I have every reason to believe, 

 breeds in Northern India. I saw sevei-al in Purneah in July, 

 some of them in a garb resembling that of the females of the 

 other species, and shot one bird, on the 25th July, in a state of 

 change from the female garb to the black and white ordinary 

 plumage. This was apparently not a young bird of the year, 

 for the tail feathers were much worn. Can this bird then have 

 a double moult ? It would appear so, unless I was mistaken 

 in considering it not a bird of the year. If so, they have the 

 ordinary female garb of Harriers at first, and shortly afterwards 

 assume the particular pied livery of this species. 

 „ p. 123, No. 65. — This is S. ocellatum Lesson, the specific 

 name sinensis properly applying to Seloputo. 

 p. 128. — Bubo maximus, of Europe, or a pale variety of that bird, 

 occurs in the higher region of the Himalaj^as, but apparently 

 along the snow line. A specimen was sent to the Museum Asiatic 

 of the Society by Captain Smyth of Almorah. Blyth, however, 

 informed me that Hodgson's Shikarees, when in Calcutta, re- 

 cognised Bubo maximus as a species which they knew ; so it 

 may hereafter demand a place among the Birds of India, 

 p. 157, No. 82, bis. — Hirundo Tytleri, new species. 

 Glossy black above, beneath dai'k, feruginous chesnut ; form and 

 size of H. rustica. I found this apparently new Swallow in 

 abundance at Dacca in June. It had evidently finished breeding, 

 for there were many young birds. It had entirely left the 

 place in October. 



p. 177, No. 99. — This is probably not Cypsehis apus, but an 

 allied species, named by Mr. Blyth (MSS.) C. acuticanda. — It 

 differs by the more pointed outer tail-feathers, and deeper black 

 colour, &c. Length 7f inches ; extent 21 ; wing 6 J ; tail 

 forked for 1 inch. 



p. 231, No. 135 — Alcedo grandis is, Mr. Blyth writes me, 

 quite distinct from A. euryzona. 



