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Mr. E. Blyth on the Birds of India. 
Chinese countries: common, preying much on frogs, which it 
clutches in the mud; hence its feet are generally clothed with 
mud. 
38. S. bacha (Lev. Ois. d’Afr. pi. 13). 
Syn. Falco bacha, Daudin. F. bido , Horsfield. F. albidus, 
Cuv. 
Hab. Malayan peninsula and archipelago. Barely separable 
from the last. 
Subfam. CmciNiE (Harriers). 
Genus Circus, Lacepede. 
(i a . Fygargus, Kaup.) 
39. C. iERUGiNosus (PI. Enl. 424, 460; Gould, B. E. pi. 32, 
and YarrelPs Br. B. i., both from Indian specimens !). 
Syn. Falco ceruginosus , L. F. rufus, Gmelin. F. arundina- 
ceus, Bechstein. F. krameri, Kram. Accipiter circus , Pallas. 
Acc. Circus rufus et Acc. Circus palustris, Brisson. C. variegatus, 
Sykes. C. rufus, var. indicus, et C. sykesi, Lesson, Indian race. 
Konta Falcon, Muskooroo Falcon, and Rufous-eared Falcon, La¬ 
tham. Honey Buzzard ?, Tickell, J. A. S. ii. p. 570. 
Hab. Europe, Asia, and Africa; common in India. ( N.B . 
The plumage of the adult male, as figured by Gould and Yarrell, 
is of ordinary occurrence in India, but does not appear to have 
been observed in Europe !) 
( b . Strigiceps, Bonap., et Glaucopteryx , Kaup.) 
40. C. cyaneus (Edw. B. pi. 8; Gould’s B. E. pi. 33). 
Syn. Falco cyaneus, L. $ F.pygargus. L. &c. (vide Gray's 
Brit. Mus. Cat. Accipitres (1848), pp. 78, 79). 
Hab . Europe, N. Africa, N. and Middle Asia; N. America (?) : 
in India known only as a winter visitant in the N.W. and sub- 
Himalayan region. 
Remark. —The American race, C. uliginosus (Gmel.), accord¬ 
ing to Dr. Schlegel, “ se distingue, dans tous les ages, du 
Busard St. Martin ( C. cyaneus ) d^Europe, par des tarses plus 
eleves. Le vieux male a ordinairement toutes les parties infe- 
