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CATALOGUE. 
bold though not a very speedy bird, yet will seize partridges or 
quails, and strike down a crow or even a larger bird." — (Jerd., 111. 
Ind. Om.) 
Genus Melierax, G. B. Gray, List Gen. of Birds, p. 5 (1840). 
49. MELIEBAX MUSIC US, Baud. Sp. 
Falco musicus, Baud., Tr. d^Orn. II. p. 116. 
Melierax musicus, G. B. Gray, List Gen. of Birds, p. 5; 
Cat. B. Brit. Mus. p. 77. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 34. 
Nisus canorus, Less., Tr. d^Orn. p. 62. 
Falco polyzonus, Bupp., Faun. Abyss, t. 15, f 1. 
Astur (Melierax) cantans, Kaup, Isis (1847), p. 192. 
The Chanting Falcon. 
A. b. c. Abyssinia. From Sir W. Harris's Collection. 
Genus Poliornis, Kaup, Class, der Swug. und Vwg. p. 122 
(1844). 
BuTASTTJE, Hodgs., Journ. A. S. Beng. XII. p. 311. 
50. POLIORNIS TEESA, FranU. Sp. 
Circus teesa, FranU., Proc. Z. S. (1831), p. 115. 
Poliornis teesa, G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 30 ; Cat. 
B. Brit. Mus. p. 67. Hodgs., Cat. B. Nep. p. 47. 
Blyih, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 21. Bonap., 
C. G. Av. p. 18. 
Buteo teesa, G. Sf H., III. Ind. Zool. II. t. 30. Jerd., 
Madr. Journ. L. S. X. p. 76. 
Butastur teesa, Hodgs., Journ. A. S. Beng. XII. p. 311. 
Astur hyder, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1832), p. 79. 
The Teesa Hawk. 
TisA or Teesa, Hind., Jerd. Blyth. 
A. B. Dukhun. Presented by Colonel Sykes. 
c. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
d. Young. Bengal. Presented by the Reverend F. W. 
Hope. 
e. Drawing. From Dr. F. (B.) Hamilton's Collection. 
Mr. Jerdon remarks: " I have only hitherto seen the Teesa in the 
more northern portion of the Deccan, and it increases in number as 
