on Dr. Jerdon's * Birds of India.' 243 



(2.) S. spilogaster, nobis (J. A. S. B. xxi. p. 353), Hcematornis 

 elgini, Tytler (J. A. S. B. xxxii. p. 87), from the Andaman Islands, 

 where it occurs together with the preceding ; also E. hacha of 

 Colonel Sykes's list of the birds of the Dukhun (P. Z. S. 1832, 

 p. 79), as identified from a specimen in the India Museum pre- 

 sented by Colonel Sykes, being doubtless that referred to {loc. 

 cit.). This well-marked race inhabits the Indian peninsula and 

 Ceylon, and also the Andamans, from which last-named locality 

 a fine pair are now living in the Zoological Gardens. It is a 

 smaller bird and not so handsome as S. cheela, with less deve- 

 loped crest and much less of black upon the crown, the tail- 

 markings quite different, having the black subterminal band con- 

 spicuously much less broad. Some individuals may very probably 

 show considerable similarity to the Malayan S. hacha, which 

 would account for Professor Schlegel identifying a Cinghalese 

 specimen with the Malayan bird ; still the tail-bands should be 

 differently placed"^, 



(3.) S. hacha (Daudin), Falco hide, Horsfield, which I suspect 

 to be peculiar to the Malayan subregion. It is again smaller, with 

 a darker shade of colouring, and fewer spots. 



(4.) S. rufipectus, Gould (P. Z. S. 1857, p. 222), Circaetus 

 hacha celehensis, Schlegel, from Celebes. 



(5.) >S^. holospilus (Vigors), Gray and Mitchell (Gen. Birds, 

 pi. 7), from the Philippines and South China. 



S. SPILOGASTER has accordingly to be added to the fauna of 

 the Indian subregion. 



41. POLIOAETUS ICHTHYAETUS. 



Young (in abraded plumage) figured as Haliaetus lineatus by 

 Dr. Gray, in his ' Illustrations of Indian Zoology,^ from Gene- 

 ral Hardwicke's drawing. This figure has been erroneously 

 assigned to Milvus govinda ; but the present genus has the same 



in Formosa, appears to be identical with S. clieela, and that specimens 

 from that island and from Northern India are rather larger than those from 

 Southern India, Siam, and the Malay peninsula. — Ed.] 



* [We learn fi-om Mr. Gurney that he has never seen an Indian ex- 

 ample of this bird, but that specimens from Ceylon and the Andamans 

 appear to be absolutely identical with S. hacha {Falco bido, Horsf.) from 

 •Jara, Sumatra, Borneo, and Singapore. — Ep.] 



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