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£ shot a single specimen of this curious bird in a grove at 

 Davroypilly in the Nellore district, near the range of Eastern 

 ghauts. It is rather an unexpected addition to the Fauna of 

 Southern India, though not very uncommon in Bengal. 



No. 16. Cat. — The common Kite of India is now supposed 

 to bcihe European M ileus ater. 



Cat. No. 20. — This small eagle is now considered to be 

 the European Aquila Pennata. 



No. 20. bis. — Suppl. Cat. — My Spizaetus punctatus is con- 

 sidered by Mr. Blyth to be the young of S. hastatus, Lesson, 

 and is an aberrant species of Aquila. 



No. 21. ter. — Suppl. Cat. — This is, as I suspected, the Buteo 

 albidus of French authors, and I have identified it as the 

 young state of Hcematornis undulatus of Vigors. 



No. 2o. Cat. — Common Indian Harrier. This is the Circus 

 Swainsonii of A. Smith, found both in Africa, and the East 

 of Europe, as well as in India. 



No. 29. Cat. — My Falco Skaheen has been previously named, 

 it appears, by Sundevall, a Swedish Naturalist, as Falco per e- 

 grinator — F. Aldrovandi T. is a very distinct, much smaller, 



species. 



* No. 30. bis. — Falco vespertinus. — I shot a single speci- 

 men of the Red-legged Falcon of Europe on the Neilgherries 

 in January, 1840, and have seen another killed at Nellore. 

 Mr. Blyth has also obtained it at Calcutta, and it is not very 

 uncommon on the Himalayas. 



No. 32. Cat. — The prior name for the Shikra is Accipiter 



hadius. — It is also F. Dussumierii T. 



No. 34. Cat. — Accipiter besra.—The bird described at No. 

 35 is an adult Besra —it is most probably the A. Dussumierii 



