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42. Circus maillardi maillardi Verr. in Maill., 

 rile de la Reun., ii., p. 12 (1863). [Re- 

 union I.] 

 Maillard's Harrier. 



Reunion I., 

 Comoro Is. 



Wing ad. 340-357 mm. ; secondaries and 

 tail grey, with black subterminal band ; 

 below white ; throat , chest and upper 

 breast streaked with black ; upper and 

 under tail-coverts white. 



42a. Circus maillardi macroscelis A. Newton, 

 P.Z.S., 1863, p. 180. [Madagascar]. 

 Madagascar Harrier. 



Larger ; 

 similar. 



wing ad. 407-440 ; plumage 



Madagascar. 



43. Circus wolfi Gurney, P.Z.S., 1865, 

 pi. xUv. [New Caledonia.'] 

 Wolf's Harrier. 



p. 823, New Caledonia, 

 New Hebrides. 



Markings on throat and chest browner and 

 broader ; under tail-coverts also streaked. 



44. Circus spilonotus Kaup, Contr. Orn., 1850, 

 p. 59. [Asia = E. Siberia.] 

 Eastern Marsh Harrier. 



Wing c? 400, ? 424 mm. ; throat and chest 

 white, streaked with black ; upper tail- 

 coverts white with remains of ashy brown 

 bars. 



E. Siberia, 

 in ■winter to 

 E. China, 

 Burma and 

 Malay 

 Archipelago. 



45. Circus spilothorax Sal vad. and d' Alb., Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Genov., vii., p. 807 (1875). 

 [Yule I.] 

 New Guinea Harrier. 



S.E. New 

 Guinea. 



