collected in South China. 601 



i. p. 132 (1874) ; David & Oustal. Ois. Chine, p. 27 

 (1877). 



a. ? ad. South-west Yunnan, April 1899. 



Iris yellow. Total length 16 inches. 



105. ElANUS CnERULEUS. 



Elanus caruleus (Desf. ); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. ^lus. i. 

 p. 336 (1874); David & Oustal. Ois. Chine, p. 17 (1877). 



a. (J ad. Near Yunnan city, East Yunnan, 6 February, 

 1899. 



Iris red. Total length 12 inches. 



106. BUTKO PLUMIPES. 



Buteo plumipes (Hodgs.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 180, pi. vii. fig. 1 (1874). 



Buteo japonicus (Temm..) ; David & Oustal. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 19 (1877). 



a. c? ad. Xear Yunnan city, East Yunnan, 5 February, 

 1899. 



Iris yellow. Total length 20 inches. 



107. Cerchneis saturata. 



Tinnunculus saturatus Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xxviii. p. 277 

 (1859). 



Cerchneis saturata Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i, p. 277 (1899). 



a. ? ad. Yuan-chu, Wu-ho Bivtr, West Hunan, 

 23 December, 1898. 



b. S ad. Near Pu -an -ting, South-west Kweichu, 

 22 January, 1899. 



c. S ad. Near Yunnan city, East Yunnan, 6 February, 

 1899. 



Specimens b and c have the top of the head, as well as 

 the back and sides of the neck, very dark slate-grey, and are 

 unlike any examples in the British Museum Collection ; 

 they are probably the adult males of Blyth^s T. saturata, of 

 which only the female was known. The measurements are, 

 moreover, somewhat large. 



c^ . Total length (in flesh) 15 inches, wing 10, tail 6'8. 



? . Total length (in flesh) 14 inches, wing 9*9, tail 6-5. 



Iris dark brown. 



