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MILVUS KORGCIIUN * /A1&^/\NS'^ 



251. Milvus kyr D a^gyico i rfc1iu?r F ^ BLACK KITE. 



AcciPiTER KORSCHUN Gmeliii, Xov. Comm. Petr., xv, p. 444 (1771 



— S. Russian Steppes). 



Milvus ater, Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B., i, p. 80. 



Miliuis migrans (Boddaert), Yarrell, i, p. 97 : Saimders, p. 337. 

 Distribution. — Great Britain. — Two. Adult male Alnwick (Nor- 

 thumberland), May 11, 1866 (Hancock, Ihis, 1867, p. 253). Male 

 Aberdeen, April 16, or 18, 1901 (G. Sim, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1901, 

 p. 133; cf. Brit. B., u, p. 413). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — South and central Europe, north-west 

 Africa, and west Asia. European birds are migratory and winter in 

 tropical Africa. Replaced b}^ other forms in tropical and north-east 

 Africa and various parts of Asia. 



[XoTE. — ^The Black-wixged Kite, EJanus cceruleus (Desfontaines), is said 

 to liave been shot in co. Meath about 1862 (Saunders, p. 338).] 



[Xote. — Several specimens of the American Swallow-tailed Kite, 

 Elanoides forficatus (L.), which inhabits North and South America, have been 

 recorded as taken in Great Britain, but the claims for the admission of this 

 species are in our opinion insufficient {cf. Saunders, p. 338).] 



PERNIS APIVORUS 



252. Pernis apivorus apivorus (L.)— THE HONEY-BUZZARD. 



Falco apivorus Linnaeus, Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. 91 (1758 — Europe. 



Restricted typical locahty : Sweden). 



Pernis apivorus (Linnaeus), Yarrell, i, p. 121 ; Saunders, p. 339. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Uncommon passage-migrant (May- 

 June and Sept. -Oct.). Occurs somewhere in Great Britain 

 almost every year, and occasionally in eastern half of Ireland, most 

 frequently in autumn. Formerly rare summer-resident in England, 

 now only very occasionally nests, most recent cases being Hereford, 

 1895, Northumberland, 1897, and Durham, 1899, and probably 

 elsewhere unrecorded. Has bred as far north as east Ross. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds in north and middle Europe, 

 north to mid-Scandinavia and Finland, south to Cantabrian Moun- 

 tains, north Italy and the Dobrudscha, eastwards to west Siberia, 

 Avinters in tropical Africa and parts of India. Replaced by allied 

 races in east Siberia and parts of tropical Asia. 



PANDION HALIAETUS 



253. Pandion haliaetus haliaetus (L.)— THE OSPREY. 



Falco Hali^tus Linnaeus, Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. 91 (1758 — Europe. 

 Restricted typical locaHty : Sweden). 



Pandion hali(V€tus (Linnaeus), Yarrell, i, p. 30 ; Pandion haHaetus (L.), 

 Saunders, p. 359. 



* The name korschun, having considerable priority, is now universally 

 accepted. — E.H. 



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