. Birds. Birds. MiiTirs. 375- MilvTis cheela, apud Jerdon, Madr. Jour. L. 8. x, p. 71 (1839); nee Falco cheela, Lath. MUtus ater, apud Blyth, Ccet. p. 31; nee Falco ater, Gm. Milvus affinis, Gmld, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 140; Jerdon, Ibis, 1871, p. 343; Hume, S. F. i, p. 161; iii, pp. 35, 229; vii, p. 200; xi, p. 15; id. Cat. no. 56 ter; Sharps, Cat. B. M. i, p. 323; Armstrong,. S. F. iv, p. 299; Sume ^ JDav. S. F. vi, p. 23; Brooks, 8. F. viii, p. 466; Binffham, 8. F. ix, p. 145; Oates, 8. F. x, p. 181; id. B. B. n, p. 202 ; id. in Hum/s N. ^ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 176. Milvus palustris, Anderson, P. A
. Birds. Birds. MiiTirs. 375- MilvTis cheela, apud Jerdon, Madr. Jour. L. 8. x, p. 71 (1839); nee Falco cheela, Lath. MUtus ater, apud Blyth, Ccet. p. 31; nee Falco ater, Gm. Milvus affinis, Gmld, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 140; Jerdon, Ibis, 1871, p. 343; Hume, S. F. i, p. 161; iii, pp. 35, 229; vii, p. 200; xi, p. 15; id. Cat. no. 56 ter; Sharps, Cat. B. M. i, p. 323; Armstrong,. S. F. iv, p. 299; Sume ^ JDav. S. F. vi, p. 23; Brooks, 8. F. viii, p. 466; Binffham, 8. F. ix, p. 145; Oates, 8. F. x, p. 181; id. B. B. n, p. 202 ; id. in Hum/s N. ^ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 176. Milvus palustris, Anderson, P. A. 8. B. 1873, p. 143; id. P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 25. Chil, H.; II, at Chamba; Malta gedda, Tel.; Paria prandu, Kaltc randu. Tarn.; Oenda, Mhari; Bajaliya, Cing.; Zoon, Kg. 93.—Head of M. govinda, J. Coloration. Adult. Above brown, median wing-coverts lighter and dark-shafted, the crown and hind-neck paler, tawny or rufous, not whitish, with blackish shaft-stripes ; a patch behind the eye, including the ear-coverts, uniform dark brown; first five primaries and larger primary-coveyts blackish, later primaries and second- aries coloured Hke back; all the quills more or less mottled with vi^hitish on the inner v^ebs towards the base, and banded with blackish-brown cross-bars; taU brown above, whity brown below, with numerous darker cross-bands, faint and obsolete in some (probably old) birds; lower parts rather paler than upper, whitish at the chin, and generally, but not always, becoming tinged with rufous on the abdomen and lower tail-coverts, and always dark- shafted throughout, with pale or rufous stripes on each side of the dark shaft-lines; lower wing-coverts like breast, except the larger covertsj which are ashy brown with pale bands. Tbung birds have broad buff or white shaft-stripes to the feathers of the head (except the ear-coverts), neck, and lower surface, and buff or whitish tips to the feathers of the back, wing- coverts, scapulars, secondaries, and tail-feathers
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