196 ACCIPITRES. 



Figures: Dresser, Birds o£ Europe, vi. pi. 386 (adult), pi. 387 

 (young in first plumage) . 



The Osprey is a resident in all the Japanese Islands. Captain 

 Biakiston has sent an example obtained at Hakodadi in October 

 (Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 183), and there are five examples in the 

 Pryer collection from Yokohama. In the Norwich Museum there 

 are several examples, which were brought by Mr. Ringer from Naga- 

 saki, where those procured by the Siebold Expedition were probably 

 obtained (Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, p. 13) . 



The Osprey is a circumpolar species, and has not yet been quite 

 exterminated in the British Islands. As it is not known to breed in 

 India or Burma, it probably emigrated to Japan from Siberia. 



178. BUTASTER INDICUS. 



(JAVAN BUZZARD.) 



Falco indicus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 264 (1788). 



The Javan Buzzard varies in length of wing from 13|^ to 12-| inches. 

 It is brown above, more or less barred with dark brown on the wings 

 and tail ; and white, barred with brown, below. 



Figures : Temminck, Planches Coloriees, no. 325 (adult) ; Tem- 

 minck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 7 b (immature). 



The Javan Buzzard is a very common resident in Southern Japan, 

 but it has not been recorded from Yezzo. There are four examples in 

 the Pryer collection from Yokohama, and two from the central group 

 of the Loo-Choo Islands. There are several examples, including a 

 nestling, in the Norwich Museum, which were brought by Mr. Ringer 

 from Nagasaki (Biakiston and Pryer, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 1882, 

 p. 183), where the example figured in the 'Fauna Japonica^ as 

 Buteo pyrrhogenys, and described as Buteo polyogenys, was probably 

 procured. 



The range of the Javan Buzzard extends from Japan, the Philip- 

 pine Islands, and Celebes, across China, Borneo, and Java to the 

 Malay Peninsula. 



Allied species occur in India and North-east Africa, consequently 

 the Japan Buzzard must be regarded as one of the Tropical contribu- 

 tions to the Avifauna of Japan. 



