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CATALOGUE. 
Circus rufiis, Jercl., Madr. Journ. L. S. X. j?. 79. 
Circus variegatus, St/7ces, Proc. Z. S. (1832), p. 81. 
Circus Sykesii, Less., Cornel. Bitff. YII.^. 161. 
The Moor Buzzard, Lath. 
Marsh Harrier, Jerd. 
KooTUE and Kulehsib, Hind., Jerd. JBlyth. 
Chooa or Mat Chil (" Meadow-kite"), Beng., Blyth. 
SuFiD SiEA (" white-headed ") and Tika Batjri ("Hawk 
with the tika frontal mark "), Br. F. (B.) Hamilton. 
Aetj Ha gee (Arabic), Mesopotamia, Jones. 
A. Dukhun. Presented by Colonel Sykes. 
b. c. (Dark var.) Upper India. Presented by Br. 
Falconer. 
d. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
e. Afghanistan. From Griffith's Collection. 
/ Mesopotamia. Presented by Commander Jones. 
p. Drawing. From Dr. F. (B.) Hamilton's Collection. 
" The Marsh Harrier is generally spread throughout India, and 
prefers hunting over rivers, tanks, marshes, and paddy-fields, but 
also is frequently seen skimming over the dry-grain fields. It 
feeds on various water-insects, fish, frogs, mice, and small birds." 
— (Jerdon, Madr. Journ. X. p. 79.) 
34. CIRCUS ? 
a. China. From Reeve's Collection. 
h. Afghanistan. From Griffith's Collection. 
Genus Elanus, Sarigmj, I) esc. de VEgyp. H. N. I. p. 97 
(1809). 
So. EL ANUS MELANOPTERUS. Baud. Sp. 
Falco melanopterus. Baud., Tr. d^Orn. II. p. 152. Lath., 
Hist. I. p. 188. Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. 
p. 137. 
Elanus melanopterus, Leach, Zool. Misc. III. t. 122. 
Jerd., Madr. Journ. L. S. X. p. 71. G. B. Gray, 
Gen. of Birds, I. p. 26 : Cat. B. Brit. Mus. p. 45. 
