161 
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. 
{*258a. Elanus ceruleus vociferus (Latham), Ind. 
*258b. 
299. 
Orn. i., p. 46 (1790). [India.] 
Indian Black-winged Kite. 
Smaller ; wing ¢ 255-260, 2? 272 mm. ; pri- 
maries paler below, dark slate colour, the 
base more or less whitish. 
Elanus ceruleus hypoleucus Gould, P.Z.S., 
1859, p. 127. [Macassar, type in Norwich 
Mus. ] 
White-breasted Kite. 
Slightly larger; wing 9 293-303, 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 
quills 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. 
Elanus notatus Gould, Syn. Bds. Austr., 
pt. iv., Appdx. p. 1 (1838). [New S. 
Wales.] 
Black-shouldered Kite. 
[ =£. axillaris (Lath.)). 
India, Ceylon, 
Burma, Yunnan 
Assam. 
Philippine Is., 
Java, Sumatra, 
Borneo, Celebes, 
Sula Is. 
Australia 
(excluding 
Tasmania). 
