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one about an inch and a half. Gould's very fine 

 figure of this bird was from a specimen sent him by 

 Baron Feldegg, "which was killed in Austria. There 

 is a specimen in the Norwich Museum, which was shot 

 on the nest at Bar-le-duc, in France, which must 

 therefore be added to its European nesting localities. 

 Our information about this interesting bird is altogether 

 very scanty. 



The specimen above alluded to in the Norwich 

 Museum, has the head, nape, chest, belly, and under 

 tail feathers white, with longitudinal ferruginous mark- 

 ings, and darker central streaks on the feathers of the 

 chest. On the head and nape the ground-colour is 

 nearly lost, so as to appear dusky brown. Moustache 

 darker, and well marked; primaries black; tail brown. 

 The iris is said by Temminck to be dark brown; the 

 cere and toes, by Degland, to be greenish yellow. 



Young birds are described as reddish brown above, 

 most decidedly so on the head; light red below, with 

 the streaks of a darker tint on the shafts of the 

 feathers. — (Degland.) 



In the "Madras Journal," vol. x, page 75, Mr. 

 Jerdon remarks: — "My attention was first called to this 

 bird at Trinchinopoly, by Mr. Hooper, C.S., who shot 

 a specimen in the act of pouncing on some of his 

 pigeons. I occasionally afterwards recognised it, as I 

 thought, among the Kites, and saw it attempt to swoop 

 off chickens and pigeons. Its appearance in the air, 

 and mode of flight much resemble that of the Kite; 

 but the crows appear to distinguish it readily, and often 

 clamorously pursue it." 



The Be v. Ff. B. Tristram writes of this bird, in his 

 "Catalogue of Eggs for 1857:" — "This symmetrical 

 little bird, so like a Buzzard in repose, so unlike it 



