13 



Throat and chest creamy buff, the latter 

 streaked with brown ; upper tail-coverts white. 

 Circus (pruginosus ceruginosus (Linn.), S.N., i., 

 p. 91 (1758). 

 Marsh Harrier. 



Europe, rare 

 in Siberia, but 

 in winter to 

 India, China, 

 Japan and 

 Philippines, 

 also Africa. 



N. Africa. 



Much brighter coloration, more black and 

 white : (Q lighter). 

 41a. Circus ceruginosus harterti, Zedl., J.f.O., 1914, 

 p. 133. 

 Harterts Harrier. 



C. Above black or blackish. 



a. Thighs white. 



Throat and chest white, streaked ^vith black ; 

 upper and under tail-coverts white. 



42. Circus maiUardi Verr. in Maill., I'lle de la Reunion Is., 

 Reun., ii., p. 12 (1863). Comoro Is. 

 Maillard's Harrier. 



Markings on throat and chest broAvner and 

 broader ; under tail-coverts also streaked. 



43. Circus wolfi Gurney, P.Z.S., 1865, p. 823. pi. New Cali- 

 xliv. fornia. New 

 Wolf's Harrier. Hebrides. 



Throat and chest white, streaked with black ; 

 upper tail-coverts white with remains of ashy 

 browai bars. 

 44. Circus spilonotus Kauj), Contr. Orn., 1850, 

 p. 59. 

 Eastern Marsh Harrier. 



The same, but with distinct transverse spots 

 of dusky cinereous on upper tail-coverts. 

 45. Circus spilotJwrax Salvad. and d'Alb., Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Genov., vii., p. 807 (1875). 

 New Guinea Harrier 



E. Siberia, 



in A^anter to 



E. China, 



Indo-Burman 



coimtries, 



Malay 



Archipelago. 



S.E. New 

 Guinea. 



