1871.] MK. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA 34! 



Summers at Pekin, and collects in large numbers in September 

 before going south. Wanders in winter to India and Africa. 



21. TlCHORNIS PEKINENSIS. 



Falco cenchris, var. pe/cinensis, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 442, 

 448. 



Breeds on the western hills of Pekin, and assembles in large 

 numbers in September. Mr. Hodgson's drawing of the Nepal bird 

 (in the British Museum) shows that it is this race of Tichornis 

 cenchris that resorts to India. 



The adult male has all the wing-coverts grey right up to the 

 scapulars ; the inner or short primaries are broadly bordered at 

 their tips with whitish, rufous in the immature ; the white on the 

 under quills is 3j inches short of their tips. 



22. Pernis apivorus(L.); David, Catalogue desoiseaux a Pekin. 



Pere David notes this as found about Pekin in autumn. Schlegel 

 has it from Japan (Musee des Pays-Bas, Femes, p. 2). 



23. Milvus govinda, Svkes ; Swinh. Zoolog. 1858, p. 6227; 

 Ibis, 1860, p. 47, 1861, pp. 25, 253, 326, 1863, p. 210, 1865, p. 546, 

 1866, p. 121, 1867, p. 236, 1870, p. 88. 



Milvus melanotis, Ibis, 1865, p. 348, 1867, pp. 409, 411; P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 260. 

 China, Formosa, and Hainan. 



24. Milvus migrans (Bodd.). 

 Milvus ater, Gm. 



A live specimen of this Kite, said to have been brought from 

 North China, is now living in the Society's gardens. 



25. Astur palumbarius (L.) ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 261, 1870, 

 p. 448. 



I have an adult male from Pekin, which does not differ from 

 home-shot specimens. 



26. Lophospiza trivirgata (Cuv.) ; Temm. PI. Col. 303; 

 Ibis, 1865, p. 547, 1866, p. 395. 



Formosa. The Malay form. 



27. Accipiter nistjs (L.) ; Zoolog. 1858, p. 6227; Ibis, 1861, 

 p. 327, 1870, p. 84 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 261, 1870, p. 443. 



Accipiter ? Ibis, 1860, pp. 47, 429, 1863, p. 88. 



Peking, Amoy, and Canton. 



28. Accipiter stevensoni, Gurney ; Ibis, 1863, p. 447, pi. 11 ; 

 P. Z. S. 1863, p. 261, 1870, p. 600. 



Micronisus, sp. ?, Ibis, 1861, p. 25. 

 Accipiter yularisl, Ibis, 1863, p. 89. 

 Canton to Pekin. 



