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island, where we afterwards found it perched high up on a 

 rocky ledge."— J. D. T. 



133. Spilornis cheela (Lath.). 



Two specimens, one dated 13th October and the other, 

 a fine dark-plumaged female, the 14tli March. 

 '' A rarity in this district.''— J. D. T. 



134. BUTASTUR INDICUS (Gm.). 



A fine adult male, dated 26th- March. 



135. AcciPiTER Nisus (Linn.). 



"^ Common from October to the end of April." — J. D. T. 



136. AcciPiTER viRGATUs (Tcmm.) . 



Two females — a young one, dated 30th October, and an 

 adult, with a few slight traces of immature plumage, dated 

 27th April. Mr. J. H. Gurney tells me these are identical 

 with the Japanese birds, the A. gularis (T. & S.) of Messrs. 

 Blakiston and Pryer's list. 



137. Falco communis (Gm.). 



" Common and generally distributed from the beginning 

 of October to the spring."— J. D. T. 



Among this series of Peregrines is an immature bird 

 which may perhaps be the young of the Australian F. mela- 

 nogenys, a species which has been found in South China, 

 breeding as far north as the Yangtse. 



138. Falco subbuteo, Linn. 



'' Arrives towards the end of April and remains till the end 

 of October; very common, nests on the high pine trees." — 

 J. D. T. 



139. Falco regulus. Pall. 



"Common during the winter; specimens procured in 

 winter are all females and young males, but I have several 

 adult males procured in March and April." — J. D. T. 



140. Falco TiNNUNCULUs (Linn.). 



Several specimens of the large and dark race described as 

 F. japonicus ; the females and young all show traces of blue 

 on the rump. 



