18 BULLETIN 159, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



6. Ixobrychus sinensis bryani (Seale). 



Ardetta bryani Seale, Occas. Papers Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus., vol. 1, no. 3, 

 p. 27, 1901. ("Marianas" [Guam].) 



Geographic distribution. — Marianas Islands. 



7. Ixobrychus sinensis luteolus (Stejneger). 



Ardetta luteola Stejnegee, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 10, p. 290, Aug. 3, 1887 

 (in text). ("Japan"; type from Wakayama, Kii, Hondo Island.) 



Geographic distribution. — Japan. 



Family ACCIPITRIIDAE 



*POUOAETUS HUMIUS HUMILIS (MttUer and Schlegel) 



Falco humilis S. MtJLLER and Schlegel, Verhandelingen Natuurlijke Geschied- 

 enis der Nederlandsche overzeeische Bezittingen, vol. 2, Zoologie, Aves, 

 no. 4, p. 47, pi. 6, 1845 (before May). ("Sumatra.") 



A single specimen of this rare eagle was obtained in September, 

 1894, at 1,000 feet altitude on Mount Ranay, Bunguran Island, and 

 recorded by Doctor Hartert,^^ 



♦CUNCUMA LEUCOGASTRIS (Gmelin) 



[Falco] leucogaster Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 257, July 25, 1788. 

 (No locality; type locality given by Mathews as New South Wales, Australia.) 



Specimens of this eagle from Pulo Panjang and Pulo Laut have 

 been recorded by Doctor Hartert.^^ 



SPILORNIS CHEELA PALLIDUS Walden 



Spilornis pallidus Walden, Ibis, ser. 3, vol. 2, no. 8, p. 363, Oct., 1872 (in text). 

 ("Jambusan," "Northern Borneo.") 



One adult female, collected by Doctor Abbott, is U.S.N.M. No. 

 174675, from Bunguran Island, July 2, 1900. "Feet yellow; claws 

 black; iris yellow, naked lores pale yellow; bill horn blue, black along 

 culmen; cere greenish yellow." Length in flesh, 489 mm. Its 

 stomach contained remains of lizards (Malbonia sp.?). Its measure- 

 ments are as follows: Wing, 320; tail, 207; exposed culmen with cere, 

 31; tarsus, 78.5 mm. 



Judged from this lone specimen, the Natuna Islands Spiloryiis is 

 inseparable from that of Borneo, as Doctor Hartert has already 

 indicated. ^^ 



The following 15 races of Spilornis cheela seem now to be recog- 

 nizable : 



1 . Spilornis cheela cheela (Latham) . 



Falco Cheela Latham, Index ornithologicus, vol. 1, p. 14, 1790. ("India" 

 [Lucknow, fide Baker, Journ. Bombaj' Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 28, no. 3, p. 

 586, June 20, 1922].) 



" Nov. Zool., vol. 2, no. 3, p. 476, Aug. 17, 1895. '< Nov. Zool., vol. 1, no. 2, p. 482, Apr. 16, 1894. 

 "Nov. Zool., vol. 2, no. 3, p. 476, Aug. 17, 1895. 



