1875.] 



THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO. 311 



t 



22. Circus spiloxotus. 



Circus spilonotus, Kaup, Jard. Contrib. Orn. 1850, p. 59, "Asia; " Swinhoe, Ibis, 1SG3, 



p. 215, pi. 5 ; Gurney, Ibis, 18C8, p. o5G. 



Hah. Philippines (Gr«mf J/). ^ Tr 7 ^ w 



Authentic Philippine individuals of this Harrier are contained in the Norwich ^luseum ^^^^^^^ • 



{fde Gurney, I c). It also occurs in the Malay peninsula. 



23. CmciTS ^RUGiNosus. 



Falco mniginosus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 130, no. 29 (1766). 



A skin of a young female f obtained in one of the Philippine Islands by the late Mr. Hugh 

 Cuming, and now in the British Museum, is our only warrant for admitting the Marsh-Harrier 

 as an inhabitant of the archipelago. 



STRIGID^. 



SUENIIN^. 



NiNOX, Hodgson. 



24. *NiNox piiiLiPPENSis. (PI. XXV. fig. 1, in. orirj.) 



A7«0A-ij/'?7wms/s,Bp.Compt. Rend. xii. p. 655(1855). _ „,-,o^o^ 



Noctua Mrsuta pMippensis, Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Striges, p. 26, " Philippines (1862). 

 NoctuapMlifpensis, Schlegel, Neder. Tijdschr. Dierk. 1866, p. 183. 



Athene pJdlippensis, Schlegel, Wallace, Ibis, 1868, p. 22. 



^fflj. Luzon, January (if(?rr). ,,.,-.. . i 



A very distinct form. Each of the major wing-coverts with a bold white drop towards 

 the end of the outer web. Eectrices traversed by six narrow ochreous bands. The cheek- 

 feathers rigid, decomposed, and considerably developed, extending posteriorly sufficiently to 



cover the ears. 



Longitudo 



aliB. caudae. 



^ 6-37 3-62 Luzon. 



^ 5-25 3-62 Luzon. 



BUBONIN^. 



PsEUDOPTTNX, Kaup. 

 25. *PsEUDOPTTNX PHiLiPPiNENSis. (PI. XXV. fig. 2, ill. omj.) 



Pseudoptynxphilippinensis, Kaup, Tr. Zool. Soc. iv. p. 244, » Philippines " (1859) ; Schlegel, 

 Mus. Pays-Bas, OU,^. 14; Mr. G. E. Gray, Hand-list, no. 456. 



Bulo pMippensis, Schlegel, De Dierentuin, pt. i. p. 10, fig. — . 



t TMr. E. B. Sharpe refers this skin to C. sjnlonotus, juv., co,>f. Trans. Linn. Soc, Zoo], vol. i. p. 308.-Ei,.] 



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