FALCONin.E. 221 



Genus HALIASTUR. 

 Selby, Cat. Gen. and 8ubgeu. Avcs, p. 3 (1840). 



Haliastur Indus. 



Falco indus, Boddaert, Tabl. PI. Enl. 25 (1783). 



Haliastur indus (Bodd.), Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 313 (1874). 



The Brahminy Kite. 



Hah. India and the Burmese countries. 



1004. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. 



Presented J>y Dr. Anderson, F.K.S. 



1005. Sternum, with right coracoid, scapula, and furcula. From 



Nepal. S. S. 1680. Presented hy B. 11. Hodgson, Esq. 



Haliastur sphenurus. 



Milvus sphenurus, Vicillot, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xx. p. 564 (1 818). 

 Haliastur sphenurus (VieiU.), Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 316 

 (1874). 



The Whistling Kite. 



Hah. Australia and N. Caledonia. 



1006. Skeleton. From Western Australia. 0. C. 1624 a. 



(rOuld Coll. 



1007. Sternum, with right coracoid, scapula, and furcula. N. S. 



Wales {E. P. Ramsay). S. S. 1349. 



Presented hy P. L. Sclater, Esij., F.R.S. 



Genus ELANOIDES. 

 Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxiv. p. 101 (1818). 



Elanoides furcatus. 



Falco furcatus, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 129 (176G). 

 Elanoides furcatus (L.), Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. ;U7 

 (1874). 



The Swallow-tailed Kite. 



Hah. Central and Southern North America to Brazil. 



1008. Skull (imperfect). 0. C. 1649. Purchased. 



