1875.] THE PIULIPPINE AECIIIPELAGO. 309 



CUNCUMA, Hodgson. Tr. Z. S. ix. 



15. CuNCUMA LEUCOGASTER. P" ■'■■^^• 



Wliite-belUed Sea-eagle, Lath. Synop. i. p. 33, ''■ Pair, if/not." 



Falco leucogaster, Gm. S. N. i. p. 257, no. 43 (1788), ex Lath. ; von Martens, Preus. Exped. 

 Ost-Asien, Zool. i. p. 187; Walden & Layard, Ibis, 1872, p. 98. 



Hah. Philippines («. Martens) ; Negros I {L. C. Layard). 



Spiloenis, G. E. Gray. 



16. * SPILOEIfIS HOLOSPILUS. 



Bideo holospihis, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 96, "neighbourhood of Manilla." 



Hcematornis Jwlosjnhs (Vigors), Vigors, totn. cit. p. 170 ; Fraser, Zool. Typica, pi. 29 (1849). 



Spilornis holospilns (Vigors), G. E. Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus., Accipifr. p. 10 (1844). 



Circaetus holosjnhis (Vigors), G. E. Gray, Gray & Mitch. Genera of Birds, i. pi. 7, "juv. ;" 

 id. List Birds Brit. Mus., Acnpifr. p. 19 (1848); Kaup, Isis, 1847, p. 263, "British India & 

 China" (!) ; v. Pelzeln, SB. Ak. Wien, 1862, p. 171, "East Indies." 



Ilab. Luzon [Meyer); Mindanao, Cataguan [Cuming). 



Mr. Blyth (Ibis, 1866, p. 243) extends the range to South China; but the species is not 

 included by Mr. Swinhoe in his List (P. Z. S. 1871). It appears to be restricted to the Philippines. 



MlLVIN^. 



Haliastur, Selby. 



17. Haliastur intermedius. 



Haliastur intermedins, Gurney, Ibis, 1865, p. 28, "Java ;" ojJ. cit. 1866, p. 247. 

 Haliaetus pondiceriamis (Linn.), ap. Meyen, Nov. Act. Ac. C. L. C. Nat. Cur. xvi. suppl. 

 prim. p. 69. 



Haliastur indus (Bodd.), v. Pelzeln, Eeise der Novara, Vogel, p. 7, " Philippines." 



Hah. Luzon, April ; Guimaras, March [Meyer). 



The white plumage, more particularly on the head, with black shafts. That of the breast 

 almost as iu //. leucosternus. The Malaccan Brahminy Kite resembles closely that of India, 

 H. indus. 



Elanus, Savigny. 



18. Elajs^us hypoleucus. 



Elanus hypoleucus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 127, "Macassar;" Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 36. 

 Elanus intermedius, Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Milvi, p. 7, "Java, Borneo, Celebes" (1862). 

 Elanus melanopterns, Daud., v. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 9, no. 7, nee Daud. 



Hah. Luzon [Jagor). 



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