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nnder-plumage to pale brown, as the European Honey Buz- 

 zard and the crested species are known to do. It differs from 

 the Perm's crista ta in a shorter and higher bill, in having a 

 yellow cere in its less conspicuous crest, and more curved 

 talons, &c. &c. 



20. — Spizaetus 77iilvoides. 



I have met with this curious bird several times since the 

 first remarks were written. The young bird of the year is 

 white beneath, with brown streaks, and has some white about 

 the head and neck. This change of plumage seems common 

 to many of this family {Buteoninee) viz. the Buteo Teesa — 

 Buteo longipes—B. vulgaris, all the Honey Buzzards, and 

 even the kites (Milvus Cheele) though in a less degree; the 

 under- plumage of that bird being brown with large blotches 

 of creamy white. I was informed by my Meer Shikar that 

 this bird had a very keen sight, and that it pounced on squir- 

 rels, doves, pigeons, &c. on the ground from a great height. 

 In two specimens I obtained, the remains of squirrels were 

 found — verifying this observation, which its habit, as observed 

 at Trichinopoly, of pouncing upon tame pigeons, chickens, &c. 

 also confirms. 



Irides brown. 



21. — Buteo longipes. 



The living bird mentioned in the Catalogue, which I con- 

 sidered a young bird, had very nearly completed its change 

 from the white of the head and lower parts to the adult 

 plumage, as described, when it was killed. 



Is this bird the Halicetus Macei, of French authors ? 

 S3 . — Circus pallidus. 



From an examination of many specimens, and access to 

 fuller descriptions of the European Harrier, I am induced to 

 consider this bird as identical with the Circus cyaneus of 



