155 



t249. Milvus lineatus (Gray) in Hardw. 111. Ind. 

 Zool., i., p. 1, pi. 18 (1832). [China.] 

 [=M. melanotis, auct. plur.] 

 Black-eared Kite. 



Larger ; wing <? 475-485, ? 500-530, tail 

 300-335 mm. ; above dark chocolate brown ; 

 head, hind neck and wing-coverts , more 

 rufous and with black shaft-streaks ; tail 

 paler brown, more rufous on central 

 feathers and barred with darker brown ; 

 lores, forehead and cheeks white with black 

 shaft-Unes ; ear-coverts brownish black ; 

 below deep rufous brown, with broad black 

 central stripes, especially on chest ; cere 

 and feet greenish yellow ; bill black. 



Japan, N. China 

 MongoUa, to 

 Cent. Asia and 

 Himalayas, 

 W. to Ural ; 

 in winter S. to 

 Burma, N. India 

 and Hainan. 



Gen. LXXIV. LOPHOICTINIA Kaup (1847). 

 Type by monotypy Milvus isurus Govld. 



Head crested ; bill moderate, the tip not pro- 

 longed ; tail even ; size moderate (length 19 mm.). 



250. Lophoictinia isura (Gould), Syn. Bds. Australia, 

 Austr., pt. iii., pi. 47 (1838). {New S. E. and W. 

 Wales.-] 

 Square-tailed Kite. 



Wing <J 455-465, ? 470-480 mm. ; above 

 blackish brown, wing-coverts paler and 

 edges shghtly rufous ; quills and tail dark 

 brown, externally greyish, banded with 

 black, the subterminal tail band very broad, 

 the 5 other other bands narrow and incom- 

 plete; head duU rufous, and forehead, 

 cheeks and throat whitish, with black centre 

 streaks ; below rufous ; chest with broad 

 black centres to all the feathers, becoming 

 narrow shaft-streaks below ; cere and feet 

 grejdsh white ; tip of bill blackish. 



