260 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [June 23, 



occurrence during the same season at Hongkong by the late Dr. 

 Harland, a most diligent and accurate observer, whose collections in 

 the various branches of natural history at present enrich the Museum 

 of Scarborough, his native place. 



4. Haltaetus pelagicus, Pall. 



Eab. Sea-coasts of the Araoorland, Mantchuria, and Japan. 

 Not hitherto observed in China. 



5. Pandion haliaetus, L. 



Hab. Amoorland (v. Schrenck) and Japan. Abundant on all the 

 rivers and bays of Formosa and China. The Chinese and Formosan 

 specimens are rather smaller than those from Europe. 



6. Poliornis poliogenys, Temm. 

 Buteo pyrrhogenys, Schleg. Faun. Jap. 



Originally described from Japan ; since procured at Tientsin by 

 Mr. Fleming, R.A. (see P. Z. S. 1862, p. 315 ; and The Ibis, 1863, 

 p. 88). 



7. Buteo japonicus, Schleg. Faun. Jap. t. 6 ; Bp. Consp. Av. 

 p. 18. 



Closely allied to the European Buzzard, but never acquires the 

 dark plumage of the adult of that bird. Its tarsi, moreover, as 

 Bonaparte remarks in his * Conspectus Avium,' are more feathered. 

 Pound in Amoy, Hongkong, and Canton, in the winter only. 



8. MiLvus melanotis, Schleg. 



M. govinda, Sykes, of some of my hsts of Chinese Birds in The Ibis. 

 M. niger, var. melanotis, von Schrenck, Amurland. 

 Pound throughout China, from Canton to Talien Bay, in the 

 Amoorland, in Japan, and in Formosa. 



9. Falco sacer (Schleg.), Bp. Consp. Av. p. 24. 

 Procured by myself at Pekin (see The Ibis, 1863, p. 88). 



10. Falco peregrinxjs, L. 



Occurs from Canton to the Amoor. Found also in Japan and 

 Formosa. 



11. Falco subbtjteo, L. 



Found in Amoorland, according to v. Schrenck. I have seen speci- 

 mens from Tientsin, Hankow (Central China), Foochow, and Amoy. 



12. Falco vespertinus, L. 



Found in Amoorland (v. Schrenck), in Talien Bay, and in the 

 neighbourhood of Pekin. 



13. Falco ^salon, L. Merlin. 



I have seen specimens from Pekin, Amoy, and Foochow. 



