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Genus GYPS de Savigny 



Gyps indicus tenuirostris G. R. Gray 



Cfyps tenuirostris "Hodg." G. R. Gray, The genera of birds, vol. 

 1, pt. 2, June 1844, p. [6, where G. tenuirostris "(Hodgs.)," 

 nomen nudum!], pi. [3] (no locality = Nepal, ex Bowdler Sharpe, 

 Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum, vol. 1, 1874, 

 p. 10). 

 Range: Reported from the northern and eastern plateaus, the 

 central plains, and the peninsular provinces (Trang). 



Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin) 



[Vultur]bengalensis GrneliUfCoxolisiljinne . . . Systema naturae, 

 ed. 13, torn. 1, pars 1, 1788, p. 245 (Bengal State, India). 

 Range: The northern plateau, the central plains, and the western 

 and peninsular provinces to the extreme South. 



Genus CIRCUS Lacepede 



Circus melanoleucos (Pennant) 



Falco melanoleucos Pennant, Indian zoology, 1769, p. 2, pi. 2 

 (Ceylon) . 

 Range: A visitor from northeastern Asia, reported on migration or 

 in winter from the northern plateau, the central plains, and the 

 western and peninsular provinces south to the Isthmus of Era. 



Circus aeruginosus spilonotus Kaup 



C[ircu^]. spilonotus Kaup, Isis von Oken, jahrg. [40], heft 12, 



1847, col. 953 ("Asien?"; type specimen from the Philippine 



Islands, Jide Bowdler Sharpe, Catalogue of the birds in the 



British Museum, vol. 1, 1874, p. 59). 



Range: A visitor from northern Asia, reported on migration or in 



winter from the northern plateau, the central plains, and the western 



and peninsular provinces south to the Isthmus of Kra. 



Genus CIRCAETUS Vieillot 



Circaetus gallicus gallicus (Gmelin) 



[Falco] gallicus Gmelin, Caroli a Linne . . . Systema naturae, 

 ed. 13, torn. 1, pars 1, 1788, p. 259 ("in Gallia"). 

 Range: A visitor from northern Asia, reported on migration or in 

 winter from the northern peninsular provinces (Prachuap Khiri Khan) . 



Genus SPILORNIS G. R. Gray 



Spilomis cheela burmanicus Kirke Swann 



Spilornis cheela burmanicus Kirke Swann, A synoptical list of 

 the Accipitres, 1920, p. 81 (Jobin, Thayetmyo District, Pegu 

 Division, Lower Burma). 



