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been procured by any recent collector. 
*39. Circus spilonotus Kaup. The LKastern Maursh- 
Hlarvrier. 
1d. Bangkok, Central Siam, December 1917. 
Iris yellow. Bill black, base and gape bluish slate. Cere yel- 
lowish green. Mouth bluish slate. Legs bright yellow. Claws black. 
23. Tachin, Central Siam, January 1918. 
TL. 583, —, — mm. W. 403, 418, 398. 
40. Astur soloensis (Horsf.). Horsjield’s Short-toed 
Hawk. 
Accipiter soloensis, Gyldenstolpe, 1916, p. 125. 
1d. Satahip, South-eastern Siam, October 1914. 
Iris reddish brown. Cere orange. Bill dark horny, plumbeous 
at base of upper mandible and dull- yellowish horn at base of lower. 
Legs orange-yellow. Claws black. 
Vda, 292 sam, VW ..197. 
Robinson and Kloss record a specimen (Ibis, 1911, p. 22) ob- 
tained on the Langkawi Islands on the west coast of the Malay Penin- 
sula, in December 1907. As already mentioned ( antea, p. 28), these 
islands passed out of the possession of Siam in 1909. The authors 
quoted observe that Astur soloensis is very rare in the Malay Penin- 
sula, and the same is evidently the case in this country, as the only 
specimen hitherto recorded from what is now Siamese territory appears 
to be that obtained by Gyldenstolpe in Northern Siam. 
Blanford ( Faun. Brit. India, Birds, ui (1905), p. 400) states 
that a specimen shot by Bingham had been feeding on lizards and frogs. 
The stomach of the one obtained by me was full of the remains of 
insects. 
*41. Accipiter nisus (Linn.),? subsp. Zhe Sparrow 
Hawk. 
22 subad. Bangkok, Central Siam, March and April 1918. 
Tris rich yellow. Bill black, bluish grey at base. Cere yel- 
lowish green. Mouth blnish slate. Tarsus dull greenish. Feet dull 
yellow. Claws black. (In the second specimen, the cere was green- 
ish, and the legs and feet pale yellow, with the exception of the tarsus, 
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