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LIST OF DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY. 



^ This species stands in Mr. Gcmld's work as " leracidca occidcntaJis," and the pre- 

 ceding one as " leracidea berigora," an error which has been pointed out and rectified 

 by Mr. Sharpe in his article on the latter species. 



A Hieracidea in the Norwich Museum, obtained by Mr. Goldie in South-eastern New 

 Guinea, is an undoubted example of H. berigora ; but Mr. Sharpe has also recorded the 

 occurrence in New Guinea, at Port Moresby, of a specimen of H. orientalis {vide Journ. 

 Linn. Soc, Zoology, vol. xiv. p. 627). 



^ I have given in my Notes the reasons, stated by Dr. Sclater and concurred in by 

 myself, for using the generic name of Tinnuncidus in preference to that of Cerchncis, 

 adopted by Mr. Sharpe. The Kestrels are referred by some authors to the genus Falco. 



^ Professor Newton mentions a fact which I overlooked in discussing the southern 

 limit of this species, viz. that the Leyden Museum contains a specimen " pres a bord 

 d'un vaisseau a la hauteur du Cap de Bonne Esperauce " {conf. Schlegel, Museum des 

 Pays-Bas, Falcone.^, ]). 2(>). 



* Some of Mr. Hume's notes here referred to probably relate to the darker race, 

 T. suturatiis ; and this remark also applies to those of Mr. Gates. 



