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Show 490 MR. w. R. OGILVIE GRANT ON [May 8, 148. *ASTUR BADIUS. Micronisus badius (Gmel.); Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 84. Astur badius (Gmel.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 109 (1874). Astur poliopsis, Hartl. (nee Hume), Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 322 (1892). " Iris straw-yellow ; bill black, base bluish; feet light yellow."- J. W. Examples from Hainan have the crown of the head darker and the cheeks greyer than is the case in the majority of Indian examples ; there is, however, a female from Tipperah, in the British Museum Collection, which is absolutely indistinguishable from the two Hainan birds before me. The measurements are as follows:- Wing 8-8 to 8-9 ; tail 6-8 to 7-1 inches. An adult male, Shuy-wei-sze, Central Hainan, 19th February (Swinhoe). North Hainan (Hartlaub). 149. ACCIPITER NISUS. Accipiter nisus (Linn.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 84 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 132 (1874). Swinhoe records the Common Sparrow-Hawk from Tai-ping-sze, Central Hainan, 20th February. 150. *ACCIPITER AFFINIS. Accipiter virgatus (Temm.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 150 (1874) [part.]. Accipiter affinis, Hodgs.; Grant, Ibis, 1896, p. 107. " Cere yellowish."-J". W. Like Formosan examples, the Hainan Sparrow-Hawk belongs to the larger Himalayan form. Whitehead procured two adult females from tbe Five-Finger Mountains ; this species had not previously been met with in Hainan. 151. BUTEO PLUMIPES. Buteo japonicus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 87. Buteo plumipes (Hodgs.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 180 pi. vii. fig. 1 (1874); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 433. Buteo hemilasius (Temm. & Schl.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 182 (1874); Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 322 (1892). Island of Naochow, 2nd February ; Ling-suy, South-east Hainan, 11th March; Heongpoo, West Hainan, 25th March (Swinhoe). Interior of South-west Hainan (Stgan). North Hainan, 11th February (Hartlaub). 152. *SPIZAETUS NIPALENSIS. Spizaetus nipalensis (Hodgs.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 267 (1874). |