338 TkhcosivM. 



p. Ad. sk. South Africa. J. Rocke, Esq. [P.]. 



q, r. Ad. sk. Nepaul. B. H. Hodgsou, Esq. [P.]. 



s. Skeleton. Purchased. 



t. Skeleton. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



M. Sternum. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



2. Elauus hypoleucus. 



Falco melanopterus, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 137 (1822). 

 Elanus hypoleucus, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 127 ; id. B. Asia, pt. xii. 



(1860) ; Wall. Ibis, 1868, p. 17 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 28 (1869) ; 



JVald. Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 36 (1872) ; Schl. Mus. P.-B. Mevue Accipitr. 



p. 130 (1873). 

 Elanus intermedins, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Milvi, p. 7 (1862) ; id. Vog. 



Nedei-l. Ind. pp. 31, 68, pi. 24. figs. 2, 3 (1866) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. 



p. 28 (1869). 



Female, not quite adult (type of species). Above ashy grey, the 

 scapulars and quills plainly tipped with white, and washed with 

 rusty brown, especially on the interscapulary region ; crown white, 

 the hinder part inclining to ashy grey, plainly streaked with rusty 

 brown ; wing ashy grey, the primaries darker, all the quills, as well 

 as the coverts, tipped with white, the lesser and median coverts 

 black, forming a conspicuous shoulder-patch ; tail white, shaded 

 with ashy towards the tip, the two centre feathers entirely ashy 

 grey ; under surface of body entirely white, including the under 

 wing-coverts ; under surface of quills deep ashy grey towards the 

 tip, whitish at base ; cere yellow ; bill black ; feet yellow ; iris 

 red. Total length 14-5 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 12, tail 6*2, 

 tarsus 1-5. 



Hah. Philippine Islands, Java, Borneo, Celebes. 



a. $ vix ad. sk. Makassar. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. Type 



of species. 



b. Ad. sk. Java. J. Inskipp, Esq. 



c. Ad. sk. Java. Hon. E.-India Co. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Philippines. W. B. Pryer, Esq. [P.]. 



e. Skeleton. Purchased. 



3. Elanus axillaris. 



Axillary Falcon, Lath. Gen. Syn. Snppl. ii. p. 43 (1801). 

 Falco axillaris. Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. i. p. ix (1801). 

 Circus axillaris, Vieill. N. Diet. dHist. Nat. iv. p. 453 (1816). 

 Elanus melanopterus, Vig. Sf Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 185 



(1827). 

 Elanus notatus, Gotdd, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 141 ; id. Syn. B. Austr. pt. 4 



(1838). 

 Elanus axillaris. Gray, Ann. N. H. xi. p. 189 (1843) ; id. Gen. B. i. 



p. 26, pi. 9. fig. 5 (1845) ; Gould, B. Austr. i. pi. 23 (1848); Bp. 



Consp. 1. p. 22 (1850) ; StricH. Orn. Syti. p. 139 (1855) ; Schl. Mtis. 



P.-B. Milvi, p. 8 (1862) ; Goidd, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 53 (1865) ; 



LUggl. Orn. Austr. pt. iii. (1866); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 28 



(1869). 



Adult. Above light silvery grey, the tail whitish ashy, and the 



