LIST OF DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY. 



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'■ I have recently measured an adult male of this rare Falcon from the Falkland 

 Islands, kindly lent me by Captain Wardlaw Ramsay ; the wing, though apparently 

 quite perfect, only measures 12-15 inches, the tarsus 1'90, the middle toe s. u. 2'10; it 

 is a remarkably dark-coloured specimen. 



^ By the kindness of Mr. Seebohm I have had the opportunity of examining a pair 

 of Falcons (male and female), both killed on the 18th of March at Hui San, in Eastern 

 China, which I consider to be adult examples of F. ?nela720(/cii//s, and the first, so far as 

 I know, that have been recorded from China, or from any locality further north than 

 the Philippine Islands. I understand that Hui San is in the vicinity of the river Yank- 

 tse-kiang, and therefore about 32^ N. lat. The Noi'wich Museum has lately acquired a 

 typical adult male collected in Jobie Island by Mr. A. A. Bruijn. 



^ A female from Java is here figured under the title of " Faico com7nunis." 



*■ Subsequently to the publication of my Notes on F. minor, I had the opportunity of 

 measuring two additional females of this species with the following results : — 



Wing, 

 in. 

 From Damara Land, marked female by the 

 collector, the late C. J. Andersson, now 

 in the possession of Capt. Wardlaw 



Ramsay 12-60 



From the Rovuma River, in East Africa, 

 in the collection of Capt. Shelley {vide 

 P.Z. S. 1882, p.. 3U2) 12-60 



Middle 

 Tarsus. toe s. u. 



in. in. 



1-85 210 



1-70 l-9() 



' Mr. Sharpe includes F. j}utiicux amongst the synonyms of 

 Dresser figures it under the name of '' F. minor T 



' F. bar bar Kg 



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