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  Mr. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Gurney 
  on 
  Raptorial 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  Specimens 
  of 
  Circus 
  macrosceles 
  in 
  the 
  Norwich 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  Type 
  specimen. 
  

   (^ 
  immature 
  

  

  c? 
  adult 
  

  

  2 
  adult 
  

  

  d? 
  „ 
  

  

  ? 
  „ 
  

  

  cJ 
  neariy 
  adult 
  . 
  

  

  d" 
  adult 
  

  

  6 
  „ 
  

  

  (^ 
  nearly 
  adult. 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  Madagascar, 
  Sept. 
  22, 
  1862. 
  

   Lake 
  Hasy, 
  Madagascar, 
  

   do. 
  do. 
  

  

  do. 
  do. 
  

  

  Joanna, 
  Comoro 
  Islands 
  {cf. 
  Ibis, 
  

   1876, 
  p. 
  278). 
  

   do. 
  

   do. 
  

   do. 
  

   Madagascar 
  (Ibis, 
  1880, 
  p. 
  397). 
  

   do. 
  

  

  Sir 
  E. 
  Newton. 
  

   Rev. 
  J. 
  Wills. 
  

  

  do. 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Per 
  G. 
  A. 
  Frank. 
  

  

  do. 
  

   Dr. 
  Dickinson. 
  

   Sir 
  E. 
  Newton. 
  

   Rev. 
  J. 
  Wills. 
  

  

  do. 
  

  

  My 
  father 
  was 
  of 
  opinion 
  that 
  Circus 
  humbloti 
  is 
  a 
  synonym 
  

   of 
  C. 
  macrosceles, 
  but 
  later 
  researches 
  have 
  decided 
  that 
  it 
  

   is 
  a 
  good 
  species 
  (A. 
  Milne-Edwards 
  and 
  E. 
  Oustalet, 
  N. 
  

   Arch. 
  Mus. 
  x. 
  p. 
  234). 
  

  

  Spilornis 
  panayensis, 
  another 
  discovery 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Steere, 
  in- 
  

   habits 
  Panay 
  and 
  Negros 
  in 
  the 
  Philippine 
  Islands 
  (Ibis, 
  1891, 
  

   p. 
  305), 
  and 
  is 
  distinguished 
  from 
  S. 
  holospilus 
  by 
  its 
  small 
  

   size 
  and 
  pale 
  colouring. 
  Of 
  the 
  latter 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  skins 
  

   in 
  the 
  Museum 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr, 
  A. 
  H. 
  Everett 
  at 
  Zamboanga, 
  

   in 
  Mindanao, 
  and 
  South 
  Leyte, 
  which 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  Philippine 
  group, 
  and 
  these 
  are 
  an 
  inch 
  less 
  in 
  the 
  wing 
  

   than 
  four 
  other 
  specimens 
  of 
  S. 
  holospilus 
  at 
  Norwich, 
  but 
  

   as 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  any 
  paler 
  I 
  conclude 
  they 
  cannot 
  be 
  referred 
  

   to 
  Dr. 
  Steere's 
  new 
  species. 
  Of 
  Spilornis 
  minimus, 
  Hume, 
  

   considered 
  a 
  well-marked 
  species 
  {cf. 
  Ibis, 
  1878, 
  p. 
  101), 
  

   we 
  have 
  only 
  one, 
  from 
  Trinket, 
  in 
  the 
  Nicobar 
  Islands. 
  Of 
  

   S. 
  sulaensis 
  we 
  have 
  two, 
  a 
  male 
  and 
  a 
  female, 
  collected 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Wallace 
  in 
  Sula 
  Island, 
  and 
  recently 
  lent 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Meyer 
  

   for 
  his 
  forthcoming 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  Celebes. 
  Of 
  

   S. 
  davisuni, 
  Hume, 
  and 
  S. 
  bido 
  (Horsfield) 
  the 
  Museum 
  has 
  

   only 
  two 
  apiece, 
  the 
  former 
  from 
  Penang, 
  the 
  latter 
  from 
  Java. 
  

   Of 
  the 
  remaining 
  seven 
  species 
  which 
  compose 
  the 
  genus 
  we 
  

   have 
  plenty, 
  but 
  should 
  value 
  additional 
  specimens 
  if 
  in 
  

   plumages 
  not 
  at 
  present 
  represented. 
  

  

  Mv 
  father 
  was 
  of 
  opinion 
  that 
  Astur 
  cruentm, 
  (iould, 
  is 
  a 
  

  

  