HALIASTUR. 233 



"Common along the seashore. Frequently seen perching on the fish 

 pens of the natives, where it secures abundant food." (Bourns and 

 Worcester MS.) 



Genus HALIASTUR Selby, 1840. 



Bill moderate, compressed, with a long overhanging tip; culmen well 

 curved, cutting edge slightly sinuate; wings long, extending "beyond tip 

 of tail; inner webs of primaries abruptly cut; tail nearly square; tarsus 

 feathered in front for about half its length, the lower half with large 

 transverse plates, its sides and back with variously shaped scales; claws 

 strong and well curved. 



191. HALIASTUR INTERMEDIUS Gurney. 

 MALAYAN BRAHMINY KITE. 



Haliastur intermedius GURNEY, Ibis (1865), 28; SHAKPE, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. (1874), T, 314; Hand-List (1899), 1, 268; GATES, Cat. Birds' 

 Eggs (1902), 2, 282; MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 43. 



La-uin', Lubang, Manila; ba-nog', Bohol, Ticao. 



Bantayan (McGregor) ; Basilan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Bohol 

 (Steere Exp., McGregor) Bongao (Everett) ; Buluan off Mindanao (M earns) ; 

 Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Catanduanes (Whitehead) ; Cebu (Murray, 

 Everett, Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Cuyo (McGregor) ; Guimaras (Meyer, 

 Steere Exp.)', Leyte (Everett)-, Lubang (McGregor)-, Luzon (Meyer, Everett, 

 Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, Seale) ; Maestre de Campo (McGregor 

 & Worcester) ; Malanipa (Murray) ; Marinduque (Steere Exp.) ; Masbate (Bourns 

 & Worcester, McGregor) ; Mindanao (Everett, Murray, Goodfellow) ; Mindoro 

 (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor, Porter) ; Negros (Everett, Bourns d Worcester, 

 Keay) ; Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester) ; Romblon (Bourns & Worces- 

 ter) ; Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester) ; Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, 

 McGregor)-, Siquijor (Steere Exp., Celestino) ; Sulu (Guillemard, Steere Exp., 

 Bourns & Worcester) ; Tablas (Bourns & Worcester) ; Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Wor- 

 cester) ; Ticao (McGregor). Celebes; Malay Peninsula; Greater Sunda Islands; 

 Indo-Chinese Provinces. 



Adult. Entire head and neck, chin, throat, and breast white, with 

 narrow black shaft-lines; rest of the plumage rich chestnut, the shafts 

 blackish, the chestnut most intense on mantle and back; primaries black 

 with light rufous bases; axillars and wing-lining chestnut; tail chestnut, 

 tipped with gray. Length of male, 470; wing, 410; tail, 210; culmen 

 from base, 35; tarsus, 53. 



"Young. Above deep brown, the interscapulary feathers inclining 

 to dull maroon toward their tips, the rest of the feathers of the upper 

 surface tipped with rufous, and most of them externally shaded with ashy 

 gray; head and neck pale rufous, with buffy white centers and tips to 

 the feathers, giving a streaked appearance, as in a young Milvus; fore- 

 head, lores, and sides of face white, with narrow black shaft-lines to the 

 feathers ; ear-coverts slightly washed with brown ; chin whitish ; rest of 

 under surface pale rufous-brown, the shaft-stripes distinct, all the feathers 



