Raptorial Birds of the Malay Archipelago. 19 



yellow. Total length 18"5 in., wing 12-5 iu., tail 9 in., crest 

 2in. (?). 



A single specimen of this bird was obtained by me in the 

 interior of Eastern Sumatra. 



Baza lophotes, Cuv. 

 Schlegel says this Indian bird is found at Malacca ; but I 

 know not ou what authority. 



Subfamily Buteonin^. 



PoLioiiNis, Kaup. 



1. PoLiORMS LiVENTER (Temm.) ; PI. Col. 438; Ruteo 

 Hventer, Schleg., ]\Ius. P.-B. Buteones, p. 21, Valkv. Nederl. 

 Ind. pp. 33, 69, pi. xxi. fig. 1. 



Hab. Celebes [Wall.); Java, Borneo, Yimov [Mus. Lug d.). 

 Bill yellow, the tip black ; orbits, cere, and feet yellow ; iris 

 pale yellow. 



2. PoLioRNis POLIOGENYS (Temm.); PI. Col. 325. 



Hab. Morty Is., Sanguir Is. {Mus. Lugd.) ; Philippines 

 {B.M.). 



Circus, Lacepede. 



Circus jardinii, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 141, B. Austr. 

 pi. 27; C. assimilis (pt.), Schleg., Mus. P.-B. Cii-ci, p. 9. 



Hab. Celebes {Wall.) ; Australia {Gould). 



Iris bright yellow ; cere pale yellow ; bill dusky ; legs yellow. 



Prof. Schlegel maintains that C. assimilis o? J avd'me and Selby 

 is specifically identical with C. jardinii, Gould ; but as Mr. Gould 

 tells us that the two birds are abundant in Australia, but have a 

 different distribution, I presume he can hardly be mistaken on 

 this point. 



As in my papers on the Birds of the Malay Archipelago, in 

 ' The Ibis,' and in the ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society,' 

 I append a Table showing the distribution of the species among 

 the Islands and groups of Islands ; but I have thought it best 

 to keep the Falconidee and Strigida separate, since their dif- 

 ferent habits lead to some striking differences in their distribu- 

 tion, as previously noticed (page 3). 



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