ADDENDA. 459 



Page 291. Insert:— 

 Spilornis minimus, sp. n., from Caraorta, Nicobars, Hume, Str. F. 

 i. p. 464 (1873). 



Page 32.5. Insert : — 



Mr. A. Anderson has recently identified another small Indian 

 Kite, which he calls M. ^alustris. Of this species I have not yet 

 seen an example. 



Milvus palustris. 

 Milvus palustris, Amlers. Pr. A. *S'. B. 1873, p. 142. 



"The Kite for which I have proposed this name is somewhat 

 smaller than M. govinda, Sykes ; but in point of coloration it is very 

 nearly a facsimile of M. major, Hume — in fact a perfect miniature of 

 that species. While the amount of white \mder the wings, extend- 

 ing in some examples to two thirds of the length of the primaries 

 (confined, however, to the inner webs), and the rich rufous tone of 

 the plumage generally tend to assimilate M. palustris to M. major, 

 these characters tend equally to separate the former from either of 

 the other two species, y\z. M. govinda and J/, affinis — i. e. supposing 

 the latter to be really worthy of specific distinction as an Indian 

 bird. There is also a considerable amount of white and pale buff 

 about the head and neck of the new bird which is never present in 

 its common congener M. govinda, from which it has not hitherto 

 been discriminated." 



"cJ. Total length 20-20| inches, wing 16. $. Total length 

 21-22 inches, wing 16|— 17." {Anderson, I.e.) 



Page 328. Rosthramus leucopygus. 



Mr. Ridgway (B. N. Am.) separates the Florida bird as R. socia- 

 bilis, var. plurnbeus. 



Page 357. Baza subcristata. 

 c. 2 ad. sk. Queensland. Purchased. 



Page 365. Ictinia mississipiensis. 

 a. Ad. St. N. America. Purchased. 



Page 370. PolioMerax semitorquatus. 

 a,b. (5' 2 ad. St. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. Types of species. 



Page 370. Falco communis. 



Mr. Ridgway names a bird F. communis, xav.peahi. Ilah. Oregon 

 to Sitka (B. X. Am. p. 129. 



Page 400. Falco fusco-cserulescens. 



Mr. Ridgway (B. N. Am. p. 155) makes this the tj-pe of a new 

 subgenus Eh yncho falco. 



