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a patch on outer edge of wing black ; tail 

 whitish, the 2 centre feathers pale ashy 

 grey ; below silky white ; sides of breast 

 pale silvery grey ; primaries black below up 

 to base usually ; cere and feet yellow ; bill 

 blackish ; iris carmine. Immature browner 

 above and streaked with rufous on chest 

 and flanks. 



t*258a. Elanus cceruleus vociferus (Latham), Ind. India, Ceylon, 

 Orn. i., p. 46 (1790). [India.] Burma, Yunnan 



Indian Black-winged Kite. Assam. 



Smaller ; wing (J 255-260, ? 272 mm. ; pri- 

 maries paler below, dark slate colour, the 

 base more or less whitish. 



*258b. Elanus cceruleus hypoleucus Gould, P.Z.S., Philippine Is., 



1859, p. 127. [Macassar, type in Norwich Java, Sumatra, 



Mus.] Borneo, Celebes, 



White-breasted Kite. Sula Is. 



Shghtly larger ; wing ? 293-303, tail 152 

 mm. ; wing $ 297 mm. ; above ashy grey ; 

 primaries slate ; wing-coverts black, the 

 shoulder white on edge ; black patch on 

 outer edge of wing nearly absent ; 2 centre 

 tail-feathers paler grey, rest white ; fore- 

 part of head and entire under parts silky 

 white, including under wing-coverts ; wing 

 quiUs white on basal half below. Imma- 

 ture : head and nape white, streaked with 

 brown ; above browner, with white mar- 

 gins to all the feathers, including wing- 

 coverts and quills. 



259. Elanus notatus Gould, Syn. Bds.- Austr., AustraUa 

 pt. iv., Appdx. p. 1 (1838). [New S. (excluding 

 Wales.} Tasmania). 



Black-shouldered Kite. 

 [=E. axillaris (Lath.)]. 



