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The Burmese Shikra occurs throughout Siarn and was even fbund as farsouili ;i , 

 Koh Lak in fche Siamese Malaya, but clown thcre it seems to be rather soarce and only a 

 few specimens were observed. Most abundant it is, however, in bhe open deciduous forests 

 in the Northern Distriets. Their food chiefly consists of insects which fchey oatcfa on 

 tlic wing. 



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253. Accipiter soloénsis. Horsf. Horsfield's Short-toed Hawk. 



Astur soloénsis: Robinson & Klo.ss p. 22. 



? Tak Koh "A 1914. L = 295 mm.; W - L93 mm.; T = 1 il mm.; C - 13 mm.; Tarsus = n 



inni. — Irides: yellow. Bill: horn colour. Cere: bright yellow. Legs: bright yellow. 



Horsf ied's Short-toed Hawk, which breeds in paris of China, is only to be 

 considered as a whiter visitor to Siarn, where it also seems to be extremely rare. During 

 my journey I only obtained a single specimen, which was shot at Pak Koh in Northern 

 Siarn on the 14th of April 1914. When observed it was perching on a bamboo-elunip 

 near the banks of an almost dry creek and was easily stalked and shot. 



As far as I know, this species has not been recorded from Northern Siarn before, but 

 Robinson & Kloss records it from the island of Langkawi. In the Malay Peninsula 

 it is stated by the same authors as being very rare. 



254. Accipiter gularis. Temm. & Schleg. The Besra. 



Accipiter gularis: Robiusoii III p. 727. 



J Pak Koh 24 /s 1914. L = 305 mm.; W = 194 mm.; T = 158 mm.; C — 13 mm.; Middle toe = 28,2 

 mm. — £ Pak Koh 17 /4 1914. L = 302 mm.; W = 190 mm.; T = 161 mm.; C = 13 mm.; Middle toe = 25,5 

 mm. — $ imm. Koon Tan 24 /& 1914. L = 278 mm.; W — 170 mm.; T = 125 mm.; C — 11,3 mm.; Middle 

 toe = 29 mm. — Irides: yellowish red (^), whitish grey ($ imm.). Bill: horny black. Legs: yellow. 



This speeies is probably only a winter visitor to Siarn, though young specimens 

 inay occur during the summer. 



Outside Siamese Territory it has been found during the cold season in Southern 

 Uhina, Hainan, Formosa, the Malay Peninsula and some of the Gr. Sunda Islands. 



In Siarn it was by no means common, and I never succeeded in shooting any fully 

 adult specimens. It resembles Astur badius poliopsis, Htjme in the general tone of its 

 plumage, but it has the toes longer and more feeble than that species. Another 

 allied bird is Accipiter virgatus Temm. which inhabits Java, Borneo, Sumatra and some 

 of the Sunda Islands. 



255. Aquila maculata. Gm. — The Large Spotted Eagle. 



$ Koh Lak 30 / u 1914. L = 650 mm.; W = 521 mm.; T = 276 mm.; Culmen (from cere) = 34 mm. 

 — Irides: brown. Bill: dark horn colour. Legs: påle yellow. 



A fine female specimen in adult, though rather abraded plumage, w r as shot near 

 Koh Lak on the 30th of November 1914. 



