1863.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. 261 



14. TiNNUNCULUs jAPONicus, Schleg. Faun. Jap. t. 1, la ; Bp. 

 Consp. Av. p. 27. Japanese Kestrel. 



Common in South China and Formosa; somewhat rare about 

 Pekin. The Kestrel mentioned by v. Schrenck as occurring some- 

 what scantily in Amoorland is probably the same. I have, however, 

 one specimen from Amoy, in which the colours are lighter and clearer, 

 and the back considerably less spotted, as in the T. alaudarius of 

 Europe. 



15. AsTUR PALUMBARius, L. Goshawk. 



This bird is found in the neighbourhood of Pekin. I have there 

 seen it carried on the wrist by natives for the purposes of hawking. 

 It is noted by von Schrenck as found in Amoorland. 



16. AcciPiTER Nisus, L. Sparrow-Hawk. 

 Occurs from Canton to the Amoor ; also in Japan. 



17. MicRONistJS soLOENSis, Horsf. 



Falco cuculoides, Temm. PI. Col. 1 10, 129 ; Bp. Consp. Av. p. 33. 



I have seen specimens from Amoy, Foochow, and Tientsiu. A 

 good mark of distinction in this species, as pointed out by Mr. J. H. 

 Gurney, is the clear unspotted cream-colour of the axillaries. 



18. MiCRONISUS GULARIS, Schlcg. 



I have seen skins from Amoy and Formosa. It inhabits also Japan, 

 whence originally described and figured in the ' Fauna Japonica.' 



19. MiCRONlSUS STEVENSONI. 



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



A resident species at Hongkong, Canton, and Macao. One spe- 

 cimen received from Tientsin. 



20. Circus cyaneus, L. 

 From Canton to the Amoor. 



21. Circus swainsonii, A. Smith. 



C. pallidus, Sykes. 



A female specimen of this was procured by Captain Blakiston on 

 the Yangtsze, and identified by Mr. Gurney. 



22. Circus melanoleucus. Pennant. 



Procured by Mr. Fleming, R.A., at Tientsin. Probably extends 

 throughout the interior of China, as it is common in the plains of 

 Hindostan. 



23. Circus spilonotus, Kaup; Swinhoe,Ibis, 1863, p.213, pi.."). 



Found in South China ; especially abundant in the neighbourhood 

 of Amoy. Has also been procured from Singapore and the Philip- 

 pines. 



