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LIST OF DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY. 



^ Mr. Sharps and some other authors use for this species the specific name " cheela ; " 

 Mr. Gould the generic name " HcBmafornis." 



2 I think that S. mdanotis and <S'. ridherfordi may be regarded as synonyms of 

 Falco albidns of Cuvier and Temminck {vide ' Ibis,' 1878, p. 97), though in a subsequent 

 paper I, through inadvertence, used the specific name rufhcrfordi ; the latter is the 

 name applied to it by Mr. Cripps, Cajitain Bingham, and Mr. Gates in the notes above 

 referred to. 



^ Mr. Sharpe uses for S. bido the specific name " bacha,^' and comprises 8. spilo- 

 gaster and S. davisoni imder that of " melanofAs." Professor Schlegel figures the 

 Java race imder the specific name of " bacha" and merges the genus Spilornis in 

 CircaJitus. 



