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Show 1900.] THE BIRDS OF HAINAN. 489 o* . " Iris straw-yellow ; bill and feet greenish yellow."-J. This is the first time this Chinese species has been procured in Hainan. 142. Asio ACCIPITRINUS. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 234 (1875). Otus brachyotus, Steph.; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299,320(1892). Hartlaub records a specimen from North Hainan. 143. CIRCUS SPILONOTUS. Circus spilonotus, Kaup ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 87; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 58 (1874); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 433. Swinhoe observed this species near the city of Ting-gan on the 15th of February and also in the neighbourhood of Kiung-chu in North Hainan. Styan records it from the interior of South-west Hainan. 144. CIRCUS MELANOLEUCUS. Circus melanoleucus (Forst.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus.i. p. 61 (1874); Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 321 (1892). Hartlaub records an adult male from North Hainan. 145. CIRCUS MACRURUS. Circus macrurus (Gmel.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 67 (1874); Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 322 (1892), xiv. p. 369 (1898). Hoihow, North Hainan, 19th December (Hartlaub). 146. *LoPHOSPIZA TRIVIRGATA. Astur trivirgatus (Temm.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 105 (1874). " Iris straw ; cere greenish yellow; bill black, base of lower mandible bluish ; feet dull yellow."-J. W. I consider that Kaup is fully justified in distinguishing this bird from Astur, the long occipital crest and half-feathered tarsi being characters of importance. This is the first time this species has been recorded from Haiuan. 147. CIRCUS ^ERUGINOSUS. Circus ceruginosus (Linn.); Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 87 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 69 (1874); Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiii. pp. 299, 321 (1892)} Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 433; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 369 (1898). North Hainan, 15th February (Swinhoe Sf Hartlaub). Leimumon, northern slope of the mountains of South-west Hainan (Hartlaub Sf Stgan). |
