The measurements of the above specimen are as follows:—
Total le n g th ................................................. . • . 2L5
Wing .. .. . . ,. • . . 16*7
T a i l ' I I . .. I I .. '• . . 10;5
T a rsu s • • . 2 - 1
The bird in question is in the plumage which Mr. Sharpe describes (I. c.) as
the intermediate stage ; certainly it is not adult and has no crest to speak of.
Mr. Hume (I. c.) does not speak very positively as to the specific distinctness
of the Burmese Honey Buzzard, and it is probable that the bird from these
countries is intermediate between the ordinary Indian species and the large crested
form which inhabits Java.
Genus E l a n us, Savigny.
9 . E l a n u s c æ r u l e u s , Desf.
La petite Buse criarde, Sonn., Voy. Ind., t. ii, p. 184, 1782.
Falco cæruleus, Desf., Mem. Acad. ft. des Sciences, 1787, p. 508, pi. xv.
Criard Falcon, Lath., Gen. Syn. Suppl., vol. i, p. 88, 1787.
Falco vociferus, Lath., Ind. Orn., vol.i, p. 46, 1790.
Le Bloc, Levaül., Ois. d’Afr., t. i, p. 147, pis. xxxvi, xxxvii, 1799.
Falco melanopterus, Daud., Traité d5Om., t. ii, p..152,1800.
Falco clamosus, Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. vii, p. 200, 1809.
Flanus cæsins, Savigny, Syst. Ois. d’Egypte, p. 274, 1809.
Elanus melanopterus, Leach, Zool. Misc., p. 5, pi. 122,1817 ; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. i, p. 112, 1862 ;
Hume, Rough Notes, vol. ii, p. 21, 1870 ; Blyth & Walden, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv,
-1875, ex. No., p. 60 ; David, Joum. Yoy. en Chine, 1875, t. i,.p. 80.
Elanoides cæsius, Bonn, et Vieill., Enc. Méth., t. iii, p. 1206, 1823.
Buteo vociferus, Bonn, et Vieill., Enc. Méth., t. iii, p. 1220, 1828.
Elanus minor, Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 22, 1850.
Elanus cæruleus, Strickland, Om. Syn., p. 137, 1855 ; Sharpe, Cat. B., vol. i, p. 836, 1874.
a. f Momien, 6th June 1868.
This specimen approaches JElanus hypoleucus in appearance, as it shows a little
white near the base of the inner webs of the primaries. My specimen measures as
follows :—
Inches.
Total length . . . . • • ,• . • .• ■ 18*0.
Wing . . . _. • • • • . • • • 10*5
Tail . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
T a r s u s ....................................... • • • . . . 1’3
These dimensions agree, very fairly, with those given by Mr. Sharpe in his
Catalogue.
Genus C i r c u s , Lacep&de.
10. C i r c u s m e l a n o l e u c u s , Eorster. Pis. XLV & XLVT.
Falco melanoleucus, Forster, Indisch. Zool., p. 12, pi. xi, 1781.
Faucon d collier des Indes, Sonn., Yoy. Ind., t. ii, p. 182, 1782.
Black-and-White Falcon, Penn., Ind. Zool., p. 88, pl..ii, 1790. ■
Tchoug, Levaill., Ois. d’Afr., t. i, p. 133, pi. xxxii, 17991 Sund., Crit. om LevaxlL, p. 27,,1857.
Oircus melanoleucus, Vieill., Nouy. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., t. iv, p. 465, 1816 ; Less., Traité d Orm, p. 87,
1881: Gray, Gen. B., vol. i,p. 32, 1845; Strickland, Orn. Syn., p. 154,1855; Jerdon, Birds of
India, vol. i, p. .98, 1868; Schlegel, Mus. P.-B. Cirri, p. 8, 1863; Gumey, Ibis, 1868,
p. 866; Gray, Handl. B.,' vol. i, p. 87, 1869; Hume, Rough Notes, pt. n, 1870, p. 3U7 ;
Stray Peathars, vol. iii, 1876, p: 84; Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soo., 1871, p. MjBw, 1874,
p. 266; Holdsworth, Proo. Zool. Soo., 1872, p. 414; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, Bnt. Mus., vol. i,
1874 p 61 ■ Gurney, Ibis, 187S, p. 226 ; Godwin-Austen, Joum. As. Soo., Bengal, vol. xlv,
1876, p. 67; A. Andèrson, Proo. Zool. Soo., Î8Ï6.; P- 31»; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1877,
Stri'giceps melanoleucut, Kaup., Mus. Shenck., t. iii, 1845, p. 258; Bonap'. Consp., t. i, I860.,
p. 85.
a, 9 Tsitkaw, 12th February 187.5.
b. juv. Muangla, Sanda Valley, Yunnan, May 1868.
The sex of this adult female (Pl. XLVI) was accurately ascertained, and I take
the opportunity to figure alongside of it the young specimen shot at Muangla; also
the male bird (Pl. XLY).
I observed this bird only at Tsitkaw and at Muangla. In the former locality
it was observed hunting over the level marshy expanse behind the village, and at
TVpnangla', over the rice-fields between the hills and the Tahô river.
Genus A s t u r , Laeepède.
11. A s t u r p o l i o p s i s , Hume.
Mcrmùm tadim, Solater, Ibis, 1864, p. 246; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 84; Proo.Zool. Soo., 1871, p. 4 l | |
Mieronimt poliopsU, Hume, Stray Peathers, 1874, vol. h, p. 826; id., t. *%,«», •»* »•.
op. cit., 1877, vol. V, p. 9. 1Q-J7 v, 81
Astur poliopsis, Sharpe, Cat. Accip. Birds, B. M., 1874, p. 110 ; Bingham, Stray Feathers, 1877, p. 81.
a.b. S $ Tsagain, Upper Burma, 29th December 1874.
’ c. Bhamô, 9th February 1868.
The female is very much darker than the male, and not nearly so hlue : the
vinous cross-hars below are much broader and not so clear. The above-mentioned,
pair give the following measurements : ^ ^
Inches. In ch e s.
Total length I .....................................■ W M M M
W i n g ..........................................................W Sis . • • , ■ ■ B 2'16
Genus H a l i a e t u s , Savigny.
12. H a l i a e t u s l e u c o r t p h u s , Pallas.
Aquila leucorypba, Pall., Reise Russ. Reichs., t. i, p. 454, 1771.
White-crowned Eagle, Lath., Gen. Syn. B., vol. i, p. 42, 1781.