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a form of A. virgatus, but that it must refer to A. soloensis. This conchision has 

 been verified by Prof. Reichenow, who tells me that the type oi Falco manilensis 

 in the Berlin Museum has the under wing-coverts uniform without any spots, the 

 cere yellowish, the middle toe as short as in .1. soloi'nsis, the bill at base as wide 

 as in the latter. There can, therefore, be no doubt whatever tliat Fuleo manilensis 

 is a synonym of Accipiter soloensis. Dr. Sharpe {Gat. B. i. p. l.")l, footnote) 

 professed to have examined the type in the Berlin Museum, but evidently lie had 

 not done so properly and made a mistake. 



The bird hitherto called A. manilensis having no name, it must receive one, 

 and I propose to call it 



Accipiter virgatus confusus subspec. nov. 



The male difiers from that of ^l. virgntiis virgatus (-Java, Borneo) as follows : 

 It is slightly larger (wing of onr S 1.5.5 mm.); the upper surface is not so deep 

 slate, but paler, more bluish slate-grey on the head and neck, and the rufous of the 

 breast and sides is not so bright, duller, and with a faint bluish tinge. The blackish 

 grey line along the throat is very distinct. 



The female has the upper surface, with the exception of the crown, more 

 brownish, the under surface broadly barred with white, and of a still duller, more 

 brownish rufous colour. Wing of our ? 182 mm. 



For fuller descriptions of Philippine specimens see Tweeddale, P.Z.S. 1878, 

 p. 938, pi. 57 (under the uame of " Accipiter sterensoni ") ; Gurney, fJst of the 

 Diurnal Birds of Prei/ (1884) pp. 173-7 ; and Grant, This, 1890, p. 109. 



Type of Accipiter virgatus confustis : S ad. Lagmia de Bai, Luzon, 9. i. 1895, 

 A. Everett coll. (No. 925, Mus. Tring). 



Besides this (J we possess a ?, North Luzon, 5. ii. 1895 (.John Whitehead coll.). 



The former (the cJ) is a most beautiful, the latter a fiiirly good skin. 



We also have a female obtained at Port Blair, Andamans, 22. i. 1907, by 

 Mr. B. B. Osmastou. It very closely resembles our female from Luzon, but the 

 under wing-coverts are white instead of rnsty buff, and it is slightly more bluish 

 above. Grant {Ibis, 189(5, p. 109) also mentions an Andaman female which closely 

 approaches A. i\ confusus. 



A. virgatus confusus (under the erroneous name of ^4. manilensis) is known to 

 occur in Luzon, Guimaras, Leyte, Mindanao, Mindoro and Negros. 



[In Nov. Zool. l-<95, p. 487, No 22, I recorded A. virgatus confusus (under the 

 name of A. manillensis) from Mindoro, but the specimens thus recorded belong 

 to A. soloensis.'] 



113. Accipiter affinis Gurney. 



Accipiter virffalu.i, sulxj). affinis (&x Hodgson 18.S4 : nomen nudum !)nnrnpy, List of Dlunii.il Binh of 

 Pi-eij, pp. 39 and 168—173 (1884 — Himalayas [and Formosa]). 



(J imm. Hoihow, April 1902 (No. 71). 



2 (J<J, 3 ? ? ad. and imm. Mt. Wuchi, March, April 1903 (No. 141). 



<J imm. Cheteriang, January 1904 (No. 03). 



(J ad. Mt. Wuchi, November I'.iOO (No. 276). 



The identification of these specimens has led me — like Mr. Ogilvie-Grunt in 

 1896 (cf. Ibis, p. 104) — to make an examination of onr material of Accipiter vin/atux 

 and its allied forms, and of the pertnining literature. Doubtless Jlr. (irant was 



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