504 ACCIPITRES. 



SUBFAMILY. MILVIN^E. 

 MlLVUS. 



Milvus, Cuvier, Le9. d'Anat. Comp. i. tab. 2 (1800). 



2463. Milvus ictinus. 



Falco milvus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 126. 

 Milvus ictinus, Savign. Syst. des Ois. de 1'Egypte, p. 28: 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 319. 



Milvus regalis, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 131. 

 a Switzerland (L. Coulon) 1836. 



2464. Milvus segyptius. 



Falco cegyptius, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 261. 

 Milvus cegyptius, Sbarpe, Cat. B. i. p. 320. 

 Milvus for skahli, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 124 (ex Gmelin). 

 Milvus parasiticus, Strickl. & Scl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 142 

 (ex Daudin). 



a Africa (Arthur Strickland}. 



2465. Milvus govinda. 



Milvus govinda, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 81 : Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 i. p. 325. 



Milvus ater, Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 204 (nee 

 Gmelin). 



Milvus migrans, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 133 partim (nee Bod- 

 daert). 



a Madras (T. C. Jerdori) 1845. b Australia (Arthur Strick- 

 land). 



The origin given of b is doubtless erroneous; the specimen (a young 

 one) has the base of the primaries mottled with white as in the Indian 

 bird. 



2466. Milvus isurus. 



Milvus isurus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 140. 

 Lophoictinia isura, Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 326. 

 Falco pacificus, Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xi. p. 338; Orn. 

 Syn. p. 135 (ex Latham). 



a Australia (Arthur Strickland}. 



Latham's name has not a very satisfactory basis. 



