*46. 
*47. 
23 
The same, but with distinct transverse 
spots of dusky cinereous on upper tail- 
coverts. 
Circus melanoleucus (Forst.), Indisch. Zool., 
p. 12, pl. ii. (1781). [Ceylon.] 
Pied Harrier. 
Wing ¢ 340-365, 2 360-380 mm. ; throat 
and chest black ; upper tail-coverts barred 
with black. 
Circus buffont (Gmel.), S.N., i, p. 277 
(1788). [ex. Latham—Cayenne.] 
Long-winged Harrier. 
Wing ad. 430 mm.; throat and chest 
black; upper tail-coverts white with 
remains of rufous bars. 
b. Thighs black. 
48. 
A. 
Circus maurus (Temm.), Pl. Col.,i., pl. 461 
(1828). [Colonie du Cap du Bonne-Espe- 
vance. | 
Black .Harrier. 
Wing ¢ 342, 9 380 mm. ; throat and chest 
brownish black ; upper tail-coverts white, 
the lower ones spotted with black. 
E. Siberia, 
Mongolia, E. & 
S. India, Burma 
Malay Pen., 
Borneo, Philip- 
pines (winter). 
E. side of 
S. America, 
from Magellan 
Str. to Brit. 
Guiana and 
Venezuela ; 
Trinidad. 
S. Africa. 
FEMALES (usually much different from males). 
Above brown. 
a. Thighs white. 
Below white, striped with dark brown ; 
upper tail-coverts white, barred with dark 
brown. 
C. melanoleucus 
