98 MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



Wc ha-ve specimens of this kite from Taiiniig, i)rocui-ed in 

 August and October, and from Kuala Lumpur, in November, 

 \vherc it is a. winter migrant : though not recorded from Southern 

 Tenasserim, or from Peninsular Siam, it will almost certainly be 

 found there. 



Mr. W. J. F. Williamson informs us tliat this bird breeds near 

 Bangkok, and is not a mere winter visitor, as surmised by 

 Gyldenstolpe. 



141. Butastur indicns (Gm.). 



Falco indiciis, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i, 1788, p. 2G4 (Java). 

 Batastur indicus, A., p. 19 (Tavoy to Pakchan) ; C. ii. p. 197 



(Malevvoon) ; F., p. 23 (Langkawi Ids.) ; L., p. 93 (Ghirbi) ; 



Williamsjn, Journ. N.it. Hi.st. Soc. Siam, iii, 1918, p. 28 



(Bangkok). 



d ad. Namchuk, Pakchan, Peninsular Siam. 25 February, 

 1919. (No. 4209). 



" Iris chrome ; bill, anterior half black, basal half pale 

 yellow ; feet pale yellow ". 



Total length 410; wing 318; tail 195; tarsus 53; bill from 

 gape 34 mm. 



We have specimens from as far south as Perlis, but the bird 

 is everywhere rare and probably onl}^ a winter visitor. 



Mr. Williamson's collection includes a fine male from Naihoot, 

 Langsuen shot on 31st October, 1921. 



" Iris deep yellow, bill black, feet deep yellow. " 



Total length 415, wing (dry) 298, tail 189 mm. 



142. Circaetus gallicus (Gm.). 



Falco (jallicus, Gmelin, Syst. Na,t. i,- 1788, p. 259 (France). 

 Circaetus hi/poleucus, T., p. 127 (Koh Lak). 



This species, also, we have never seen from Siam though it 



has been obtained in Selangor (Jide Butler ), but the specimen is no 



longer in existence. 



A. Ilunu; \: Davison, Stray Feathers, vi, :S78. E- O. Grant, Fasciculi Malaycnses, iii (Birds), 1905. 



B. IMiiller, Die Oniis der Inscl Salansa, 1882. F. Kobinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910-11. 



C. Oales, liirds Brit. ]5urnuih. Vols, i ic ii, 1883. G. Uairdncr, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, i, 1915. 



D. Bouhotc. r. Z. 8. 1901, Vol. i. H. llobinson, Journ. F. M. 8. Museums, v, 1915. 



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