20 
Mr. E. Blyth on the Birds of India. 
Genus Hieraetus, Kaup. 
62. H. pennatus. (PI. Col. 33 ; Goulets B. E. pi. 9.) 
Syn. Falco pennatus, Gmelin. F. lag opus, Bengal var., Latham. 
Aquila minuta, Brehm. Aq. morphnoides (?), Gould, B. Austr. i. 
Spizaetus milvoides, J erdon. Butaquila strophiata, Hodgson. 
Hab. E. Europe; Asia; Africa; Australia (?); India generally; 
Ceylon; Indo-Chinese region. 
Remark .*—The Australian race, H. morphnoides, is stated to 
differ only in possessing a rudimentary occipital crest: this is 
constantly present in Indian specimens. 
Subfam. Buteonin^;*. 
Genus Archibuteo, Brehm. 
63. A. hemiptilopus, Blyth, J. A. S. xv. p. 1 (Calc. Journ. 
N. H. viii. p. 89. pi. 5. f. 1). 
Syn. A. cryptogenys, Hodgson, loc. cit. 
Hab. Sikhim; Tibet. 
Genus Buteo, Cuvier. 
64. B. aquilinus, Hodgson : Blyth, J. A. S. xiv. p. 176. 
Syn. B. leucocephalus, Hodgson, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 37. Falco 
asiaticus (?), Latham, Ind. Orn. p. 14. F. hemilasius (?), Temm. 
& Schleg. B. strophiatus , Hodgson, test. Kaup et G. R. 
Gray. Eagle Buzzard, Swinhoe, Ibis, iii. p. 326, from N. 
China (?). 
Hab. Nepal (G. R. Gray); Tibet; China (?); Japan (?). 
65. B. canescens, Hodgson, J. A. S. xii. p. 308. 
Syn. B. longipes, Jerdon. Nasal Falcon, Latham. 
Hab. India generally; plains and lower hills. In Lower 
Bengal, found chiefly above the tideway of the rivers. 
66. B. vulgaris, Bechstein (Gould’s B. E. pi. 14). 
Syn. Falco buteo, L. F. glaucopis, Merrem. F. variegatus, 
versicolor, cinereus, et obsoletus , Gmelin. B. pojana, Savi. B. 
* Barely separable from Aquilince as here constituted; in which opinion 
I agree with the late Prof. Macgillivray. Some systematists seem disposed 
to refer to Aquilince all Falconidce of a certain size. 
