554 Lt.-Col. G. Rippon on the Birds 



320. Aquila bifasciata Gray. (1202.) 

 Common at about 4000 feet and upwards. 



321. Spizaetus LiMNAETUs (Horsf.). (1212.) 

 Sent to me from Bampon by Capt. W. S. Prentis. 



322. Spilornis cheela (Lath.). (1217.) 

 At the low elevations only. 



323. BuTASTER LivENTER (Temm.). (1221.) 

 Common. 



324. PoLioAETUs icHTHYAETTJs (Horsf.) . (1226.) 

 Not uncommon on the lake at Fort Stedman. 



325. Haliastur INDUS (Bodd.). (1228.) 



326. MiLvus GoviNDA Sykes. (1229.) 



Very common ; like the Vultures, it leaves the Shan 

 States in the rainy season. 



327. MiLvus MELANOTis Tcmm. & Schleg. (1230.) 



328. Circus macrurus (S. G. Gmel.). (1233.) 



329. Circus melanoleucus (Forst.). (1236.) 

 Common. 



330. AsTUR RADIUS (Gmel.), var.POLiopsis Sharpe. (1244.) 



331. LoPHospiziAS TRiviRGATUs (Tcmm.). (1246.) 

 Sent to me from Tounggyi by Mr. H. N. Thompson. 



332. AcciPiTER Nisus (Linn.). (1247.) 

 Two specimens taken to England. 



333. Falco peregrinus (Tunstall). (1254.) 

 Common. 



334. Falco subbuteo Linn. (1260.) 



One specimen sent to me by Mr. H. N. Thompson. 



335. Erythropus amurensis Gurney. (1262.) 



In April in two successive years these birds were recorded 

 as passing Bampon on migration to the east. They appear to 

 be rather dull and take things very easily, never seeming 

 to be in a hurry. 



