KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 56. N:0 2. 129 
The Brahminy Kite inhabit countries where water is plentiful and occurs both along 
the rivers and in the numerous swamps which occupy a large area of land in the 
low-lying districts of Northern Siam. 
In well-wooded tracts or among the hills it was never met with. 
263. Haliastur indus intermedia. GURNEY. 
Haliastur intermedius: Robinson & Kloss p. 24; Grant p. 114; Bonhote p. 58; Robinson IT p. 144. 
@ Koh Lak 4/12 1914. L == 493 mm.; W = 401 mm.; T = 225 mm.; C = 25 mm. — Irides: pale 
brownish grey. Bill: bluish white. Legs: yellow. 
This species seems to be generally distributed in Central Siam and in the Siamese 
Malaya. It has been separated from the typical Haliastur indus BopD., because it has 
the black shaft-stripes of the head, hind neck and breast much narrower and rather in- 
distinct. 
It feeds chiefly on crabs and shellfish, and when the tide was low and the mud banks 
exposed, numbers could be seen flying along the shores, now and then swooping down 
to catch one of the numerous crabs which were running about on the beach. 
264, Milvus migrans govinda. Sykes. — The Common Pariah Kite. 
Milous govinda: Gyldenstolpe I p. 63; Williamson I p. 47; Gairdner p. 31; Gairdner p. 151. 
The Common Pariah Kite was fairly abundant outside Bangkok and along the 
lower course of the Menam Chao Phaya river. It seems exclusively to haunt open, some- 
what marshy country. 
265. Milvus lineatus. Gray. — The Large Indian Kite. 
Milvus melanotis: Williamson I p. 47; Gairdner p. 151. 
This Kite was fairly common at the neighbourhood of Bangkok and in the open 
parts of Central Siam where it occurred together with the preceding species from which 
it is easily distinguished by its greater size. 
Most often met with hunting for prey over the paddy-fields, though even observed 
flying along the lower course of the Menam Chao Phaya river. 
266. Elanus ceruleus ceruleus. Dusr. — The Black-winged Kite. 
Elanus caeruleus: Gyldenstolpe I p. 63; Williamson I p. 47. 
Elanus caeruleus caeruleus: Parrot p. 102. 
The Black-winged Kite was observed now and then at the neighbourhood of Bang- 
kok and on the great alluvial plain of Central Siam. It probably only winters in Siam 
as I have only met with it during the cold season. It has, however, been found breeding 
in Burma and parts of India. 
K. Sv. Vet, Akad. Hand], Band 56, N:o 2. 17 
