236 EXPEDITION TO JAPAN. 



B.-BIRDS COLLECTED IN CHINA, THE LOO CHOO ISLANDS, THE 



ISLANDS OF SINGAPORE AND CEYLON, AND ON 



THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA. 



The collection from the localities above mentioned, like that referred to in the preceding 

 pages, was made almost exclusively by Mr. Heine, whose notes, which will be found inserted, 

 add much of interest and information. It is also a feature by no means unimportant in refer- 

 ence to the present collection, that the species were actually collected at the localities designated, 

 and not purchased nor obtained merely in trade collections, as is usual where bird skins are 

 regularly offered for sale by dealers. This fact gives a degree of value and consideration tc 

 specimens of some well known species in the present collection. 



I. ORDER RAPTORES.— The Rapacious Birds. 



FALCO SPARVERIUS, (Linnteus.) 



Falco sparverius, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 128, (1766.) 



Falco dominicensis, G-m. Syst. Nat. I, p. 285, (1788.) 



The sparrow hawk. 



Wilson Am. Orn. II, pi. 16, fig. 1. Aud. B. of Am., pi. 42 ; Oct. ed. I, pi. 22. 



" Benicia, California, December, 1854." 



HALI^TUS LEUCOCEPHALUS, (Linnteus.) 



Falco leucocephalus, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 124, (1766.) 



Falco ossifragus, Wilson Am. Orn. VII, p. 16, (1813.) 



The bald eagle ; the white headed eagle. 



Wilson Am. Orn. IV, pi. 36 ; VII, pi. 55. Aud. B. of Am., pi. 31, 126 ; Oct. ed. I, pi 14. 



From Nappa valley, California. 



ELANUS LEUCURUS, (Vieillot.) 



Milvus leucurus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XX, p. 563, (1818.) 



Falco dispar, Temm. PL Col. I, liv. 54, (about 1824.) 



The white tailed hawk ; the black shouldered hawk. 



Bonap. Am. Orn. II, pi. 11, fig. 1. Aud. B. of Am., pi. 352 ; Oct. ed. I, pi. 16. 



"Benicia, California, December, 1854." Very handsome and mature specimens are in 

 the collection of the expedition ; and considering the fact that on the Atlantic seaboard this 

 species is restricted to the southern States, its occurrence so far north as Benicia, in December, 

 is quite remarkable. Several birds have, however, this same range, being found much further 

 north on the Pacific than on the Atlantic coast of the United States. 



