FALCONID.E. 483 



2362. Circus hudsonius. 



Falco hudsonius, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 128. 



Circus hudsonius, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 150: Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 i. p. 55. 



a Mexico (T. Mann) 1844. b, c Guatemala (J. Constancid) 

 1851. 



a was referred in the ' Ornithological Synonyms' to C. cinereus but 

 it is the skin of an adult male of this species. 



2363. Circus macrurui. 



Accipiter macrourus, S. G. Gmelin, N. Comm. Petrop. xv. 

 p. 439. 



Circus macrurus, Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 67. 



Circus pallidus, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 216 (ex Sykes). 



Circus swainsoni, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 151 (ex Smith). 



a Madras (T. C. Jerdon) 1845. b Khartoum (/. Petherick) 

 1848. c S. India (T. C. Jerdon) 1850. 



c is referred in the ' Ornithological Synonyms ' to C, cyaneus but 

 it really belongs here. 



2364. Circus cineraceus. 



Falco cineracetis, Mont. Orn. Diet. i. sign. K. p. 4. 

 Circus cineraceus, Newton, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 138. 

 Circus cinerarius, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 152 (ex Mont. Trans. 

 L. S.). 



Circus pygargus, Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 64 (ex Linn.). 



a (Askew) 1836. 



A species of wide range in Europe, Africa and India. 



2365. Circus maurus. 



Falco maurus, Temm. PI. Col. 461. 



Circus maurus, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 153: Sharpe, Cat. B. i. 

 p. 60. 



a (Arthur Strickland}. 

 A South- African species. 



2386. Circus melanoleucus. 



Falco melanoleucos, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 274. 

 Circus melanoleucus, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 154: Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. i. p. 61. 



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