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$249. Milvus lineatus (Gray) in Hardw. Ill. Ind. Japan, N. China 
Zool., i., p. 1, pl. 18 (1832). [China.] Mongolia, to 
[=M. melanotis, auct. plur.] Cent. Asia and 
Black-eared Kite. Himalayas, 
W. to Ural ; 
Larger; wing g 475-485, 2 500-530, tail in winter S. to 
300-335 mm. ; above dark chocolate brown; Burma, N. India 
head, hind neck and wing-coverts more and Hainan. 
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-lines ; ear-coverts brownish black ; 
below deep rufous brown, with broad black 
central stripes, especially on chest ; cere 
and feet greenish yellow ; bill black. 
Gen. LXXIV. LOPHOICTINIA Kaup (1847). 
Type by monotypy Milvus isurus Gould. 
Head crested; bill moderate, the tip not pro- 
longed ; taileven ; size moderate (length 19 mm.). 
250. Lophoictinia isura (Gould), Syn. Bds. Australia, 
Austr., pt. iii., pl. 47 (1838). [New S. E. and W. 
Wales.] 
Square-tailed Kite. 
Wing ¢ 4955-465, 2 470-480 mm. ; above 
blackish brown, wing-coverts paler and 
edges slightly 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 dull 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 
greyish white ; tip of bill blackish. 
