BIRDS OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE. 
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(1334) Circus pygargus. Montagu s Harrier. 
Falco pygargus Linn., S. N., p. 89 (1758), {England). 
Europe and N. Asia, winter South. 
(1335) Circus cyaneus. The Hen Harrier. 
Falco cyaneus Linn., S.N., i., p. 126 (1766), {Near 
London) . 
Europe and N. Asia, winter South. 
(1236) Circus melanoleucus. The Pied Harrier. 
Falco melanoleucus Forst. Ind. Zool., p. 12 (1781), {Ceylon) 
N. E. Asia, South in winter. 
(1237) Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus. The Marsh 
Harrier. 
Falco cvruginosus Linn., S.N., p. 91, (1858), {Sweden). 
Europe and N. Asia, winter southwards. 
(1238) Circus spilonotus. The Eastern Marsh Harriet 
Kaup. in Jard., Con. Orn., p. 59 (1850), {Asia, Philippines) 
Transbaikalia and Tibet, winter southwards. 
(1239) Buteo ferox. The Long-legged Buzzard. 
Accipiter ferox, S.G., Gmel. Nov. Comm. Acad., Petro., xv. 
p. 442 (1771), {Astrakan). 
S. and Central Russia and Central Asia to Himalayas. 
(1240) Buteo hemilasius. The Upland Buzzard. 
Temm. & Schleg. in Sieb. Faun. Jap., p. 16 (1845) 
{Japan). 
Eastern Asia, S. to Himalayas and S. China. 
(1241) Buteo buteo rufiventer. The Desert Buzzard. 
Buteo rufiventer Jerd., Madr. Jour. L.S., xiii., p. 165 
(1844), {Nilghiris). 
Breeding S.E. Russia, Asia Minor and Persia, S.E. in 
winter. 
(1241) Buteo buteo japonicus. The Japanese Deser 
Buzzard. 
Falco buteo japonicus Temm. ds Sch. in Sieb. Faun. Jap., 
p. 16 (1845), {Japan). 
Breeding in Turkestan to Higher Himalayas. 
