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Rare. We both observed this species on the Samana 
during the spring migration. I also saw one near Laclii 
in March. 
[1235 ] Circus cyaneus. The Hen-Harrier. 
Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xv. p. 352 (occurs at Quetta in 
spring) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 729 (common in winter). 
Fairly common on passage in spring and autumn. 
[1237.] Circus ^ruginosus. The Marsh-Harrier. 
Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xv. p. 352 (fairly common in 
winter); Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 729 (very plentiful; possibly 
breeds in Kashmir). 
Common about reed-beds and irrigated crops from 
September till the middle of May, especially in spring and 
autumn. Dresser, in his f Manual of Palsearctic Birds * 
(p. 504), writing of this species, says : “It is doubtful if it 
dares even to attack a rat/’ I once disturbed a bird feasting 
on a freshly-killed adult Nesokia hardwickii (a particularly 
fierce species of field-rat), which I think must have been 
killed by the bird. I believe that a pair nested on the grass- 
farm at Kohat in the summer of 1906. They were there 
up to the 14th of June, when I left for the Kurram Valley. 
On my return in August I found an immature bird in the 
same spot. 
[1239.] Buteo ferox. The Long-legged Buzzard. 
Marshall, J. B. N. IT. S. xv. p. 352 (common round 
Quetta in winter, chiefly the dark form; probably breeds 
close by). 
A winter visitor and very common from October till 
April. I have shot both the light and the dark forms, but 
the former is much the commoner. 
[1241.] Buteo desertorum. The Common Buzzard. 
Cumming, J. B. N. II. S. xvi. p. 691 (Seistan: one shot 
in February). 
757. ? . Kohat, 1760 ft., 28th March. 
A winter visitor, but by no means as common as the last 
species. 
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