"Young.--Above deep brown, the interscapulary feathers inclining to dull maroon toward their tips, the rest of the feathers of the upper surface tipped with rufous, and most of them externally shaded with ashy gray; head and neck pale rufous, with buffy white centers and tips to the feathers, giving a streaked appearance, as in a young Milvus; forehead, lores, and sides of face white, with narrow black shaft-lines to the feathers; ear-coverts slightly washed with brown; chin whitish; rest of under surface pale rufous-brown, the shaft-stripes distinct, all the feathers with central streaks of buffy white, the chest-feathers darker, and washed with brown on both margins, thighs and under tail-coverts inclining to maroon; under wing-coverts and axillars clear brown, tipped with rufous or maroon, and centered with black shaft-streaks." (Sharpe.) "Extremely common. Frequently abundant about shipping in the harbors, where it feeds on refuse thrown overboard from the ships. Often seen feeding over surface of fresh-water streams as well. Not infrequently met with hawking over open fields at some distance inland." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) "An egg of the Malayan brahminy kite taken in Borneo is of an elongated elliptical form and plain white. Another, taken in the Philippine Islands, is white, minutely speckled all over with dark brown. Neither specimen shows any trace of gloss. They measure respectively: 49.5 by 35.5; 49.5 by 40.6." (Oates.) The second egg mentioned above was taken in Siquijor by the Steere Expedition. Genus ELANUS Savigny, 1809. Bill moderate, edge gently sinuate; culmen strongly curved; wings long, extending beyond tip of tail; primaries not cut on inner webs; tail slightly forked; tarsus feathered in front for half its length, remainder of its surface covered with minute roundish scales. 192. ELANUS HYPOLEUCUS Gould. PHILIPPINE BLACK-WINGED KITE. Elanus hypoleucus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1859), 127; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1874), 1, 338; Hand-List (1899), 1, 269; Oates, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1902), 2, 291, pl. 13, figs. 3; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 44. Bantayan (McGregor); Basilan (Everett); Bohol (McGregor); Bongao (Everett); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester); Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Luzon (Jagor, Steere Exp., Whitehead, McGregor); Mindanao (Everett, Goodfellow); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Everett, Whitehead, Porter); Negros (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay); Samar (Whitehead); Sibuyan (McGregor); Sulu (Burbidge, Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester). Celebes; Greater Sunda Islands.