326 Mr. R. Swinhoe's Notes on Ornithology 



known for his diligent researches in Chinese botany ; and the 

 insects to J. C. Bowring, Esq., the best entomologist, perhaps, 

 this side of the Cape. 



On our return to Tientsin we found the market well-stocked 

 with wild fowl and other game at cheap rates ; but it was diffi- 

 cult to make the natives understand that I wanted the birds for 

 their skins merely, and preferred clean and perfect specimens to 

 those partly plucked in order to show their plumpness. 



I am sending the skins procured from the above-mentioned 

 localities as well as those from Talienwan for the inspection of 

 the Editor of ' The Ibis,^ that he may correct or add to my re- 

 marks in any way he chooses*. 



1. Brahminy Kite. Milvus govinda, Sykes. 



A somewhat larger and stronger species than the southern bird, 

 and much larger than the Indian form. 



2. Japanese Buzzard. Buteo japomcus,^c\Ae^e\. 



3. Eagle Buzzard. Buteo ? 



The female of this bird was procured at Tientsin in November. 

 It was hooded and carried about on the fist of a Chinaman, who 

 said he was training it for hunting hares. I saw another, a good 

 deal resembling it, with a blue back, which I took for the male. 

 A Chinese had it on his arm ; but as we were on the march from 

 Tientsin to Takoo, I was not able to purchase it. I never noticed 

 it in a wild state. Cere yellow, legs pale yellow tinged with 

 blue, claws black. 



4. Hen Harrier. Circus cyaneus (Linn.). 

 Common about the marshes near Takoo in August. 



5. Pied Harrier. Circus ? 



This is the species numbered 12 in my notes in ' Ibis ' for 

 1860, p. 359. I have not yet succeeded in identifying the 

 species, but I think it may be Circus hudsonius of America. 

 I noticed it occasionally about the Takoo marshes at the same 

 period as the foregoing. 



* These skins have not yet reached us ; but we are unwilling to detain 

 Mr. Swinhoe's paper any longer, and will therefore give any observations 

 we may have to make on thera in a subsequent Number. — Ed. 



