. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 58. MiLvus. 3]^9 58. MILVUS. Miljus, Cm: Lrq. Anat. Comp. i. tabl. Ois. (1800) .... M. reSis ilydi'oictmia, Kaup, Clusdf. Saug. u. Vdg. p. 115 (1844) M. migi-ans. ' y-y. -mm^'^m wr Head of Milvus regalis. Range. The whole of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Key to the Species. a. Tail rufous ; general colour rufous ictinus, p. 319 b. Tail browu, with blackish bars; general colour brown. i'.^^ «^^^. a". No perceptible patch of white at base of pri- maries. a'". Larger; head and thi-oat white with black , stripes ; wing over 17
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 58. MiLvus. 3]^9 58. MILVUS. Miljus, Cm: Lrq. Anat. Comp. i. tabl. Ois. (1800) .... M. reSis ilydi'oictmia, Kaup, Clusdf. Saug. u. Vdg. p. 115 (1844) M. migi-ans. ' y-y. -mm^'^m wr Head of Milvus regalis. Range. The whole of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Key to the Species. a. Tail rufous ; general colour rufous ictinus, p. 319 b. Tail browu, with blackish bars; general colour brown. i'.^^ «^^^. a". No perceptible patch of white at base of pri- maries. a'". Larger; head and thi-oat white with black , stripes ; wing over 17 inches korschun, p. 322, 0'. Smaller; wmg under 16 laches; head and throat brownish qffinis, p. 323. 6". A perceptible patch of white at base of pri- maries. c'". Larger, with the white on the under face of quills more extended ; rufous brown, the Tent and under tail-coverts clear rufous. melanotis, p. 324. d". Smaller, the white on inner face of quills less apparent; brownish in colour, the vent and imder tail-coverts fulvous govinda, p. .325. 1. Milvus ictinus. The Kite or Glead, Albin, X. H. Birds, i. pi. 4 (). Le Milan royal. Briss. Orn. i. p. 414, pi. 33 (1760). Falco milvus, Linn. S. iV. i. p. 120 (1766); Naum. Fog. DetitscM. i. p. 3^33, Taf. 31. fig. 1 (1822): Werner, Atlas, Rapaces, pi. 23 (1827); Susem. Vog. Eur. Taf 30. fig. 1 (1^39); Yarr. Brit. p. 6b (184'3). Le Milan, Buff. PI. Erd. i. pi. 422 (1770). ? Milvus castaneus, Baud. Traite, ii. p. 148 (1800). Milvus ictinus, Savign. Ois. d'Eiiypte, p. 259 (1809) ; Xexot. Ooth. WoUeij. p. 112 (1864) ; id. ed. Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 92 (1871) Accipiter milvus. Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. i. p. 356 (1811).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. L
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