Mr. R. B. Sharpe's Catalogue of Accipitres. 75 



referred to by Dr. Hartlaub in his Vog. Madag. p. 28''^) ; and 

 if I am right in my present conclusion, this claim cannot be 

 substantiated. 



The Eastern- Asiatic range of M. migrans has not, as yet, 

 been very satisfactorily defined. 



The ' Revised List of the Vertebrated Animals exhibited in 

 the Gardens of the Zoological Society/ which was published 

 in 1872, contains, at p. 210, the following entry, under the 

 head of Milvus migrans : — 



''b. Presented by G. B. Baird, Esq., May 26, 1861, from 

 North China.'' 



This specimen, which was unfortunately not preserved 

 after its death, was frequently and carefully inspected by me 

 whilst it was living ; and I recorded it as a genuine example 

 of M. migrans in ' The Ibis ' for 1866, p. 422, where I also 

 mentioned having seen an example from Afghanistan; the 

 latter being a specimen which was preserved, when I saw it, 

 in the late Museum of the East India Company in Leadenhall 

 Street, though I do not find it mentioned in Horsfield and 

 Moore's catalogue of that collection. Another specimen, 

 from Bagdad, which I examined at the same time, is entered 

 in the above-named catalogue as an example of M. govinda, 

 hut, according to my memorandum, was in reality M. migrans. 

 I may add that Mr. Blanford includes M. migrans amongst 

 the birds o£ Persia, and that I have recently had an oppor- 

 tunity of examining specimens of this Rite obtained by him 

 in that country. 



Milvus migrans has been found breeding in Turkestan, 

 according to M. Severtzoff's notes, translated by Mr. Dresserf ; 

 and further to the north its occurrence in summer in Siberia, 

 between Salair and Tomsk, has been noticed by Dr. Einsch J; 

 and its abundance at Tomsk at that season, as well as its 

 presence to the north of that town as far as lat. 61°, has been 

 recorded by Mr. Seebohm§. A still more eastern locality 



* These two specimens are also mentioned by Mr. Dresser in liis article 

 on Milvus migrans in the ' Birds of Europe.' 

 t Vide Ibis, 1875, p. ]04. 

 X Vide Ibis, 1877, p. 5-5. 

 § Vide Ibis, 1878, p. 323. 



