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The Common Buzzard passes in spring from February to 

 May anel abundantly during September and October, as also 

 I believe in November, Pere David writes of it as being 

 rare at Peking, so that i)robably in North China it passes 

 chiefly along tlie coast. I saw one at sea on the 7th of 

 November, 1910, which settled on board the steamer we 

 were travelling on, the position of the vessel being about 

 thirty miles north of Modeste Island. 



171. Buteo ferox hemilasius T. &. S. 



Buteo hemilasius D. &. 0. p. 19 ; La T. p. 577. 



The White-tailed Buzzard passes during Maicli and Ajn-il 

 and in October and November. I have seen examples used 

 as decoys by the hawk-catchers, who capture many during 

 times of passage. A fine specimen purchased from one of 

 these men is entirely brown with the exception of the head. 

 The solt [)arts ol" this bird were: — Iris pale straw-yellow 

 mixed with a little hazel; legs dirty yellow. The amount 

 of feathering on the tarsus of this bird is very variable, some- 

 times the whole front of the tarsus is feathered and in other 

 specimens quite a third of the tarsus is bare. 



17.2. Astiir palumbarius schvedowi Menzbier. 



Astur palumburiits D. & O. )). 23 ; La T. p. 578. 



I saw on the 21st of March. 1913, a freshly shot example 

 in the market, and on the 23rd of January, 19lG, I [)urehased 

 in the nuirket a fresh native skin of a fine adult (jird, 

 female by size, which was made into a handsome specimen. 

 Wing 14- 10 in. 



1 have seen on several occasions during autumn small 

 Hawks passing which were probably Astur suloensis or 

 A. cucnloides^ but have not so far procured specimens. 



173. Accipiter nisus (L.j. 

 Accipittr nisus D. & O. p. 27 ; La T. p. 578. 

 The Common Sparrow-Hawk passes in April and May 

 and from the middle of September to the end of November. 



