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Show 1900.] THE BIRDS OF HAINAN. 491 2 imm. " Iris yellow ; bill black, base blue ; cere and feet dull yellow."-/. W. Eecorded from Hainan for the first time. 153. SPILORNIS MELANOTIS. Spilornis rutherfordi, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 85. Spilornis melanotis (Jerdon); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 289 (1874); Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 322 (1892) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 433. Spilornis cheela, Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 369 (1898). Forests of Central Hainan near Tai-ping-sze (Swinhoe). North Hainan (Hartlaub). Liu-wo-wan, northern slope of the mountains of South-west Hainan (Styan). 154. MlLVUS MELANOTIS. Milvus govinda, Swinhoe (nee Sykes), Ibis, 1870, p. 88. Milvus melanotis, T. & S.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 324 (1874). Abundant throughout Hainan (Swinhoe). 155. FALCO COMMUNIS. Falco communis, Gmel.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 376 (1874); Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 320 (1892). Hartlaub records an adult male from North Hainan, 12th December. 156. CERCHNEIS TINNUNCULUS. Tinnunculus alaudarius, Gray ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 84. Cerchneis tinnunculus (Linn.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 425 (1874). Frequent throughout Hainan and in the small adjacent island of Nao-chu (Swinhoe). 157. PANDION HALIAETUS. Pandion haliaetus (Liun.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 449 (1874); Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 86. Harbours of Hainan (Swinhoe). 158. POLIOAETUS HUMILIS. Polioaetus ichthyaetus, Horsf.: Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 452 (1874) [part.]. Polioaetus plumbeus (Hodgs.); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 434. Polioaetus humilis (Miill. & Schl.) ; Blanf. Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 371 (1895). Liuwowan, northern slope of the mountains of South-west Hainan, 15th December (Styan). |
