Birds of Foochoiv and Swatow, 483 



/ 166. Asio AcciPiTRiNus (Pall.). [62.] 

 Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 231 . 

 Seen once ou the Swatow plain in February. 



IV. ACCIPITRES. 



167. Pandion haliaetus (Linn.). [19.] 

 Foochow. Sty an, Ibis, 1887, p. 231. 

 Resident at Swatow. Eggs were obtained on the coast in 

 the beginning of summer. 



'h 168. Circus cyaneus (Linn.). [39.] 



Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 231. 



Females and young males are very common about Swatow 

 during the winter. 



I obtained only one adult male during the five and a half 

 years I spent in the south. 



169. Circus melanoleucus (Forster). [42.] 



Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 231. 



This Harrier seems to be very rare in the south. At New- 

 chwang, in South ]\Ianc}iuria, it is not uncommon. 



[Yet, curiously, it is very common in British Burmah. — 

 H. H. S.] 



~~ 170. Circus spilonotus, Kaup. [43.] 

 Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, 231. 

 Common at Swatow from the autumn to the spring. 



i- 171. Circus ^ruginosus (Linn.). [44.] 



Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 231. 



Abundant at Swatow on marshes and lagoons all through 

 the cool season. 



"- 172. BuTEo PLUMiPEs (Hodgs.). [26.] 

 Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 231. 

 Common at Swatow in winter. 



^173. Aquila heliaca, Savigny. [11.] 



Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 232. 



A live example procured at Foochow by Mr. G. Siemssen, 

 of Foochow, which I kept at Swatow for over a year, is now 

 living in the Zoological Society^s Gardens. 



