356 Lellcis, Annuuncements, 6fc. 



in the last number of ' The Ibis,' which it is most desirable 

 should be corrected. 



The tables of dimensions and the description assigned at pages 

 166, 167 to Corvus splendens refer to the preceding species, C. 

 intermedius. 



I am, &c. 



R. C. Beavan. 



June 3, 1868. 



Sir, — Mr. Wallace in his last communication {antea, p. 216) 

 mentions that he is informed that "there are sevei'al species 

 from the Philippine Islands in the Norwich Museum not in- 

 cluded " in the list of the Raptorial Birds of the Malay Archi- 

 pelago, published in 'The Ibis' for January last (pp. 1-27). 



The birds to which this remark applies, in addition to Spi- 

 zaetus philippensis, which Mr. Wallace has included in his sup- 

 plementary list (Ibis, 1868, p. 216), are the following three spe- 

 cies of Harrier, viz. : — 



1. Circus spilonotus, Kaup, figured in 'The Ibis' for 

 1863 (pi. v.), where Mr. Swinhoe (p. 215) gives some curious 

 particulars as to its habits. It is not confined to the Philippine 

 Islands, as that gentleman obtained it at Amoy and in Formosa, 

 and 1 have also received a specimen from Singapore. 



2. Circus melanoleucus (Gmel.), which, besides occurring 

 in the Philippine Islands, is found in China, South-eastern 

 Siberia, Affghanistan, India, and Ceylon. 



3. A third undescribed Harrier of the Philippine Islands is 

 of the same size and configuration as the last mentioned, but of 

 very similar colouring to the adult male of C. hudsonius (Linn.), 

 which Professor Schlegel (Museum des Pays-Bas, Circi, p. 3) 

 mentions as a species inhabiting the Philippine Islands, but 

 which I have never seen thence. 



It is, however, decidedly a smaller species than C. hudsonius, 

 and may perhaps prove to be a hitherto undescribed state of C. 

 melanoleucus — a possibility which has hitherto restrained me from 

 describing it as a distinct species. 



I am, &c. 



J. H. GURNEY. 



