. Birds. Birds. BTJTASTTJE. 363 Butastur teesa, Hodga. J. A. S. B. xii, p. 311; Sharps, Cat. B. M. i, p. 295; Blanf. Eastern Persia, ii, p. 113 ; Hume Sr I>av. 8. F. yi, p. 19; Ball, S. F. vii, p. 199; limg, 8. F. viii, p. 370; Sime, Cat. no. 48; Vidal, 8. F. ix, p. 33; Butler, ibid. p. 374; JReid, 8. F. X, p. 10; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 195; id. in Hume's N. ^ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 158; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 44; 8t. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 153. > > ' Poliornis teesa, Kavp, Class. 8augth. Vog. p. 122 (1844); Blyth, Cat. p. 21; Sarsf. \ M. Cat. i, p. 40; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 92; Hume, Bough Notes
. Birds. Birds. BTJTASTTJE. 363 Butastur teesa, Hodga. J. A. S. B. xii, p. 311; Sharps, Cat. B. M. i, p. 295; Blanf. Eastern Persia, ii, p. 113 ; Hume Sr I>av. 8. F. yi, p. 19; Ball, S. F. vii, p. 199; limg, 8. F. viii, p. 370; Sime, Cat. no. 48; Vidal, 8. F. ix, p. 33; Butler, ibid. p. 374; JReid, 8. F. X, p. 10; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 195; id. in Hume's N. ^ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 158; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 44; 8t. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 153. > > ' Poliornis teesa, Kavp, Class. 8augth. Vog. p. 122 (1844); Blyth, Cat. p. 21; Sarsf. \ M. Cat. i, p. 40; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 92; Hume, Bough Notes, p. 286; A. Anderson, P. Z. 8. 1872, p. 78; 1875, p. 25; Sume, 8. F. i, p. 159; iii, p. 31; Butler, iii, p. 447. The White-eyed Buzzard, Jerdon; Tisa, H.; Buda-mali gedda, Tel.; Yellur, Yerkli. Coloration. Adult. rufous, the feathers. Upper parts brown, often tinged with with dark shafts; a white nuchal patch formed by the bases of the feathers; narrow forehead and lores white ; median wing-coverts much mottled and some- times barred with white; quills brown above, whitish beneath, pure white to- wards the base, generally with dark bars towards the tips; the primaries with blackish ends; upper tail-coverts usually more rufous than back; taO-feathers either rufous or brown, with a rufous tinge above, whity brown below, each with a subterminal blackish patch, and in most birds with narrow subdistant black- ish bands, which apparently grow indis- tinct with age and disappear in old birds; chin and throat white, with three dark brown stripes, one median, two others forming a border to the white on each side; sides of head and neck and breast brown; the breast-feathers dark-shafted, becoming spotted and banded with white on the lower breast and abdomen, and passing into white, more or less banded with pale rufous, on the lower abdomen, thigh-coverts, and lower tail-coverts. In the young the feathers of the crown and nape have rufous or buff edges, or the head is buff or white
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