ACC1PITEES. 



FALC0NIM1. 



BUTEONINiE. 



Bill weak, the festoon usually less developed than in the last subfamily ; wings longer ; tail 

 moderate ; tibia longer in proportion to the tarsus than in Accipitrince, the difference being " more 

 than the length of the hind claw "*; outer and middle toe connected at the base as in Accipitrince. 



Genus BTTTEO. 



Bill small and short, sloping from the base, the cere considerably advanced, and the comis- 

 sure nearly straight, the festoon being only slightly developed. Wings long, pointed, the 4th 

 quill the longest, or subequal with the 3rd. Tail compact, moderate in length, the feathers rigid ; 

 tip reaching beyond the closed wings and cuneate in shape. Tarsus moderately stout, the upper 

 portion plumed more or less below the knee, the rest protected by broad transverse scales in front 

 and behind. Toes shortish, the inner reaching to the last joint of the middle ; claws short and 

 moderately curved. 



BTTTEO PLUMIPES. 



(THE INDIAN BUZZARD.) 



Circus plumipes, Hodgson, Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 81 (1844). 



Buteo plumipes, Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 37 ; Jerd. B. of Ind. i. p. 91 ; Hume, Rough Notes, ii. 



p. 285; Jerdon, Ibis, 1871, p. 340; Hume, Str. Feath. vol. iii. p. 358, et vol. v. p. 347; 



Gurney, Str. Feath. vol. v. p. 65 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, i. p. 180, pi. vii. fig. 1 (1874). 

 Buteo vulgaris japonicus, Temm. and Schlegel, Faun. Jap. pis. vi. & vi. b. 

 Buteo japonicus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 18 (1850) ; Schl. Mus. P.-B. Buteones, p. 7 (1862) ; Blakist. 



Ibis, 1862, p. 314; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 87; Jerdon, Ibis, 1871, p. 337; David and 



Oustalet, Ois. de la Chine, p. 19 (1877). 

 Buteo desertorum, Jerdon, Ibis, 1871, p. 338. 

 La Buse commune du Japon, Schl. Faun. Jap. p. 16. 

 The Harrier-Buzzard, Jerdon, B. of Ind. 



Kara-Sa (in common with other Buzzards), Turkestan (Dr. Scully). 

 Kurula-goya, Sinhalese. 



* Sharpe, Cat. Birds, i. p. 158. 



