484 ACCIPITRES. 



a Madras (T. C. Jerdoii) 1845. b India (E. Blytli) 184G. 

 c India (^'Circus swainsoni" E. Blyth} 1846. 



c seeins certainly to belong to this species and not to C. swainsoni 

 (sive macrurus) under which it is placed in the ' Ornithological 

 Synonyms.' 



2367. Circus assimilh. 



Circus assimilis, Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. i. pi. 51: Strickl. 

 Orn. Syn. p. 155: Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 63. 



a> b New South Wales (M c Donald) 1838. c Australia 

 (Arthur Strickland). 



a stands in the 'Ornithological Synonyms' as C.jardinii a name 

 synonymous with C. assimilis. 



2368. Circus maculosui. 



Aquila maculosa, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. i. p. 28*, pi. 3 bis. 

 Circus maculosus, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 155: Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. i. p. 62. 



a Brazil (Arthur Strickland). 



2369. Circus cinereus. 



Circus cinereus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. iv. p. 454: Strickl. 

 Orn. Syn. p. 156: Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 56. 

 a Chili (Arthur Strickland). 



SUBFAMILY. BUTEONIN^E. 



ASTURINA. 

 Asturina, Vieillot, Anal. p. 24 (1816). 



2370. Asturina nitida. 



Falco nitidus, Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 41. 



Asturina nitida, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 41: Scl. & Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1869, p. 130: Sharpe, Cat, B. i. p. 203, 

 a Brazil? (Argent) 1852. 



2371. Asturina plagiata. 



Asturina plagiata, Schl. Mus. d. Pays-Bas, ii. Asturince, p. 1 : 

 Scl. & Salv. Ex.'Orn. p. 179, pi. 90; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 204. 



