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42. Circus maillardi inaillardi Verr. in Maill., 

 rile de la Keun., ii., p. 12 (1863). [Re- 

 union /.] 

 Maillard's Harrier. 



Wing ad. 340-357 mm. ; secondaries and 

 tail grey, with black subterminal band ; 

 below white ; throat , chest and upper 

 breast streaked with black ; upper and 

 under tail-coverts w^hite. 



Reunion I., 

 Comoro Is, 



42a. Circus maillardi macroscelis A. Newton, 

 P.Z.S., 1863, p. 180. [Madagascar]. 

 Madagascar Harrier. 



Larger ; 

 similar. 



wing ad. 407-440 ; plumage 



Madagascar. 



43. Circus wolfi Gurney, P.Z.S., 1865, p. 823, New Caledonia, 

 pi. xUv. [New Caledonia.] New Hebrides. 



Wolf's Harrier. 



Markings on throat and chest browner and 

 broader ; under tail-coverts also streaked. 



44. Circus spilonotus Kaup, Contr. Orn., 1850, 

 p. 59. [Asia = E. Siberia.] 

 Eastern Marsh Harrier. 



Wing (^ 400, ? 424 mm. ; throat and chest 

 white, streaked with black ; upper tail- 

 coverts white with remains of ashy brown 

 bars. 



E. Siberia, 

 in winter to 

 E. China, 

 Burma and 

 Malay 

 Archipelago. 



45. Circus spilothorax Salvad. and d'Alb., Ann. S.E. New 

 Mus. Civ. Genov., vii., p. 807 (1875). Guinea. 

 [Yule I.] 

 New Guinea Harrier. 



