. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . 15. Falco melanopterus, Daud. Traite, ii, p. 152 (1800). Elanus melanopterus, Jerdon, Madr. Jour. L. S. x, p. 71; Blyth, Cat,p. 18; Horsf. ^- M. Cat. i, p. 28 ; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 112 ; Hume,Rouqh Notes, p. 338; id. S. F. i, pp. 21, 168; id. N. ^ E. p. 56:A. Anderson, F. Z. S. 1872, p. 80 ; Adam, S. F. i, p. 369; Butler,S. F. ill, p. 449 ; Blyth ^ Wald, Birds Burm. p. 60 ; Htime, S. , p. 462; Inglis, S. F. v, p. 16. Elanus cferuleus, Strickland, Orn. Syn. p. 137; Sharpe, Cat. , p. 336; I£u?ne Sf Dav. S. F. vi, p. 26; Ball, S.
. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . 15. Falco melanopterus, Daud. Traite, ii, p. 152 (1800). Elanus melanopterus, Jerdon, Madr. Jour. L. S. x, p. 71; Blyth, Cat,p. 18; Horsf. ^- M. Cat. i, p. 28 ; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 112 ; Hume,Rouqh Notes, p. 338; id. S. F. i, pp. 21, 168; id. N. ^ E. p. 56:A. Anderson, F. Z. S. 1872, p. 80 ; Adam, S. F. i, p. 369; Butler,S. F. ill, p. 449 ; Blyth ^ Wald, Birds Burm. p. 60 ; Htime, S. , p. 462; Inglis, S. F. v, p. 16. Elanus cferuleus, Strickland, Orn. Syn. p. 137; Sharpe, Cat. , p. 336; I£u?ne Sf Dav. S. F. vi, p. 26; Ball, S. F. vii, p. 200;Cripps, ibid. p. 252; Hume, Cat. no. 59; Davidson, S. F. vni, p. 415:X, p. 290; Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 85; Butler, S. F. ix, p. 375 ; Retd,S F. X, p. 13; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 205 ; id. in Hu7nes N. ^- ed. iii, p. 177; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 17 ; Barnes, Birds 59; id. Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. iii, p. 219; St. John, Ibis, 1889^p. , H.; Masuima, in Oude ; Chamva, Nepal. ; Adavi Ramadasu,.Tel.; Argellur, Yerkli; Ukussa, *<(- Fig. 94.—Head of ^. cceruleus, \. Coloration, Adult. Forehead, anterior lores, a streak over theeye, sides of the head, the Mhole of the lower parts, and all tail-feathers, except the middle pair and the outer webs of the next twopairs, white ; upper parts light ashy grey, the tail-feathers paler;median and smaller upper wing-coverts, a narrow supercilium,, 380 FALCONID^. and the posterior lores black; primaries grey above, blackishbeneath. In many specimens the fore-neck and flanks, and some-times more of the lower parts, are pearly grey. Young birds are brownish ashy above, with pale edges to thefeathers ; the quills and tail-feathers are tipped white; breasttinged or streaked with fulvous. Bill black ; cere and gape pale yellow; irides crimson in adults,yellow in the young; legs and feet deep yellow; claws black. Length about 13; tail 5; wing 10-5; tarsus 1-3; mid-toewithout claw 1 ; bill from gape 1-1. Distiihuiio
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