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leucus, Gould (P. Z. S. 1859, p. 127), which appears to be equal to E. intermedius, 

 Schlegel. 



Baza, Hodgson. 



19. * Baza magnirostkis. 



Baza magnirostris, G. E. Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus., Accipitr. p. 19, " Philippine Islands " 



(1844) ; Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 36. 

 Pernis crassirostris, Kaup, Jard. Contrib. Orn. 1850, p. 77, "Philippine Islands." 

 Avicida magnirostris (Kaup), Bp. Comp. i. p. 20, no. 5 (1850) ; id. R. M. Z. 1855, p. 534, no. 114. 



Hab. Philippines {Cuming). 



Mr. Sharpe informs me that he considers the Celebean Baza specifically distinct from 

 the Philippine {Conf. Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 36). 



BuTASTUR, Hodgson. 



20. BUTASTUR INDICUS. 



Javan Hawk, Latham, Gen. Synop. i. p. 34*, nos. 8, 7, " Java" (1781). 

 Falco indicus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 264, no. 68 (1788), ex Lath. 

 PoUornis indicus (Gm.), Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 37 (1871). 



Hab. Luzon, February, April; Guimaras, March; Cujo, December {Meyer). 



An old female, from Guimaras, with a very broad superciliary stripe, has four- distinct 

 dark brown caudal bands. Several Malaccan examples {mus. iiostr.) perfectly agree with 

 those from the Philippines. 



Circus, Lacepede. 



21. Circus melanoleucos. 



Black and White Indian Falcon, Penn. Ind. Zool. 1st ed. pi. i. (1769?) ; Lath. Synop. i. p. 81, 



no. 65, " Ceylon^" ex Pennant. 

 Falco melanoleucos, Forster, Zool. Ind. p. 12, pi. 2 (1781), ex Lath. 

 Circus melanoleucus (Gm.), Radde, Reisen Ost-Siberien, ii. p. 116, pi. 2. fig. 1; Guruey, Ibis, 



1868, p. 356; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1863, p. 213; Walden & Layard, Ibis, 1872, p. 98. 

 Circus, sp., Swinhoe, Ibis, iii. p. 263, no. 12, "Manilla" (1861). . 



Circus cyaneus hudsonius, Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Circi, p. 3,>u. "Lugon;" Gurney, /. c. no. 3; 

 Ibis, 1870, p. 444; Swinh., Ibis, 1863, p. 214. 

 Hab. Philippines {Gurney, Swinhoe, Gevers); Negros'?(i. C. Layard). 

 The Philippine habitat of this Harrier mainly rests on the testimony of Mr. Swinhoe 

 {I. c), and on the correct determination of certain immature Philippine examples in 

 the Museums of Norwich and Leyden by Mr. Gurney. 



22. Circus spilonotus. 



Circus spilonotus, Kmx^, J&tA. Contrih. Om. 1850, p, 59, "Asia;" Swinhoe, Ibis, 1863, p. 215 

 pi. 5 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 356. 



Hab. Philippines {Gurney). 



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