. Birds. Birds. 390 rAIiOOITlDiE. 1239. Bnteo ferox. The Long-leggedBuzzard. Accipiter ferox, S. O. Gmel. Nov. Com. Petrop. xv, p. 443, pi. x (P1770). Falco ruflnus, Cretzsehm. in Bigtp. Atlas, VSgel, p. 40, pi. 27 (1826), Buteo canescens, Hodgs. Bmg. Sport. Mag. viii, p. 180 (1836); Blyth, ,7.^./S. Axil, p. 308; ?(?..i5!«, 1863, p. 20; Jerdon,,-^.9B; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 16. Buteo longipes, Jerdon, Madr. Jour. L. 8. x, p. 75 (1839). Buteo rnffiius, Blyth, Cat. p. 28; Horsf. Sr M. Cat. i, p. 61. Buteo ferox, Jerdon, B. I. m, p. 869; Bh/th, Ibis, 1866, p. 244 f Surtie,
. Birds. Birds. 390 rAIiOOITlDiE. 1239. Bnteo ferox. The Long-leggedBuzzard. Accipiter ferox, S. O. Gmel. Nov. Com. Petrop. xv, p. 443, pi. x (P1770). Falco ruflnus, Cretzsehm. in Bigtp. Atlas, VSgel, p. 40, pi. 27 (1826), Buteo canescens, Hodgs. Bmg. Sport. Mag. viii, p. 180 (1836); Blyth, ,7.^./S. Axil, p. 308; ?(?..i5!«, 1863, p. 20; Jerdon,,-^.9B; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 16. Buteo longipes, Jerdon, Madr. Jour. L. 8. x, p. 75 (1839). Buteo rnffiius, Blyth, Cat. p. 28; Horsf. Sr M. Cat. i, p. 61. Buteo ferox, Jerdon, B. I. m, p. 869; Bh/th, Ibis, 1866, p. 244 f Surtie, Bough Notef, p. 274; td. Ibis, 1871, p. 25; Jerdon, Ms, 1871, p. 838; A. Anderson, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 78; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2, p. 230; Hume, S. F. i,j). 139; iv, p. 359; vii, p. 199; id. Cat. no. 45; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 176; Bvtler, 8. F. iii, p. 447; ix, p. 374; Gumey, Ibis, 1876, p. 367; Fair- lank, 8. F. iv, p. 253; Davidson ^ Wenden, 8. F. vii, p. 74; Sadly, 8. F. viii, p. 225; Wardl. Bamsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 47; Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 42; Scully, ibid. p. 420; Barrws, , ix,. p. 452; id. Birds Bom. p. 42; Beid, 8. F. x, p. 450; Oates in Hume's N. Sr E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 125. Buteo fuliginoaus, Hwne, Ibis, 1869, p. 356; Tiee Sclater. Buteo desertorum, apwl Hume, Bmtgh Notes, p. 268, partim; nee Daud. Chuhumar, Fig. 96.—Eight foot of Buteo ferox, ^. Coloration very variable: there are two principal phases—dark and pale, with numerous varieties of both. ^" In the pale or rufous form the crown, nape, hind-neck, upper back, scapulars, and wing-coverts are brown, with broad light rufous edges and white bases, the rufous borders wearing off and the white bases becoming more conspicuous in worn plumage, the brown sometimes rediiced to shaft-stripes on the crown and nape; sides of head generally, paler than crown, often buff or white, with dark shaft-stripes; lower back and upper tail-coverts brown, the latter with rufous edges; quills- tipped with b
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