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the specific name of " melanotis " ; but the habits oi " M. govmda" as described by Sykes, 

 are not those of this species, but of the smaller Indian Kites, which are non-migra- 

 tory. 



' M. affinis is hardly distinguishable, even as a subspecies, from M. govinda. 



^ Mr. Sharpe adopts for this Kite the specific name of " korschun " ; I have explained 

 in my Notes the grounds of my preference for that of " migrans^ Mr. Seebohm refers 

 to this species as " Milvus ater." 



' The specific name '^ parasiticus^' is liere used. 



■• There referred to the genus Milvus. 



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