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Remark. Prof. Schlegel mentions this bird as of very rare occur- 

 rence in Europe and Africa, and that he did not know its proper habi- 

 tat. It appears to be far from rare throughout India ; and the So- 

 ciety's Museum contains a fine series of specimens from the vicinity 

 of Calcutta. 



Genus Archibuteo, Brehm. 



58. A. hemiptilopus, Blyth, J. A. S. XV, I. 



Syn. A. cryptogenys, Hodgson, Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. VIII, 



89, and pi. 5, f. 1. 

 Hab. Sikim; Tibet. 



Genns Buteo, Cuvier. 



59. B. aquilinus, Hodgson, Blyth, /. A. S. XIV, 176 (March, 

 1845). 



Syn. B. leucocephalus, Hodgson, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 37 (April). 

 Falco asiaticus(J), Latham, Index. Orn. p. 14. 

 F. hemilasius (J), Temminck and Schlegel. 



B. strophiatus, Hodgson, apud Kaup and G. R. Gray. 

 Hab. Nepal (G. R. Gray) ; Tibet ; China? Japan? 



60. B. plumipes, Hodgson, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 37. 



Syn. Circus plumipes, Hodgson, Beng. Sp. Mag. 1836, p. 182; 



J. A. S. XV, 2. 

 Hab. Nepal; Tibet. 



61. B. rufinus (Ruppell, Zool. Atlas, t. 27). 



Syn. Circus rufinus, Ruppell (apud G. R. Gray). 



C. et Buteo pectoralis, Vieillot, var . ? 

 B. canescens, Hodgson. 



B. longipes, Jerdon. 

 Nasal Falcon, Latham. 



Chuhd Mar (' Rat-killer'), H. 

 Hab. India generally ; plains and lower hills. In Lower Ben- 

 gal, found only above the tideway of the river : also N. Africa. 



62. B. vulgaris, Bechstein (Jerdon's III. Ind. Orn. pi. 27). 



Syn. Falco buteo, L. 



F. glaucopis f Merrem. 



F. variegatus, versicolor, cinereus, et obsoletus, Gmelin. 



