490 mr. w. b. ogilvib grant on [May 8, 



148. *ASTUR BADIUS. 



Micronisus badlus (Q-mel.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 84. 

 Astur badius (G-mel.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 109 (1874). 

 Astur poliopsis, Hartl. (nee Hume), Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. 

 pp. 299, 322 (1892). 



" Iris straw-yellow ; bill black, base bluish ; feet light yellow." — 

 J. W. 



Examples from Hainan have the crown of the head darker and 

 the cheeks greyer than is the case in the majority of Indian 

 examples ; there is, however, a female from Tipperah, in the British 

 Museum Collection, which is absolutely indistinguishable from the 

 two Hainan birds before me. The measurements are as follows: — 

 Wing 8-8 to 8-9 ; tail 6-8 to 7*1 inches. 



An adult male, Shuy-wei-sze, Central Hainan, 19th February 

 (Siuinhoe). 



North Hainan (Hartlaub). 



149. Accipiter NISUS. 



Accipiter nisus (Linn.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 84 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit, Mus. i. p. 132 (1874). 



Swinhoe records the Common Sparrow-Hawk from Tai-ping-sze, 

 Central Hainan, 20fch February. 



150. *ACCIPITER AFPINIS. 



Accipiter virgatus (Temni.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 150 

 (1874) [part.]. 



Accipiter affinis, Hodgs. ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, p. 107. 



" Cere yellowish."—./. W. 



Like Formosan examples, the Hainan Sparrow-Hawk belongs 

 to the larger Himalayan form. Whitehead procured two adult 

 females from the Five-Finger Mountains ; this species had not 

 previously been met with in Hainan. 



151. BUTEO PLUMIPES. 



Buteo japonicus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 87. 



Buteo plumipes (Hodgs.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 180 

 pi. vii. fig. 1 (1874) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 433. 



Buteo Jiemilasius (Temm. & Schl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 ,p. 182 (1874) ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 322 

 (1892). 



Island of Naochow, 2nd February ; Ling-suy, South-east Hainan, 

 11th March; Heongpoo, West Hainan, 25th March (Swinhoe). 



Interior of South-west Hainan (Styan). 



North Hainan, 11th February (Hartlaub). 



152. *Spizaetus nipalensis. 



Spizaetus nipalemis (Hodgs.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 267 (1874). 



