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HALIASTUR INDUS INTERMEDIUS (Blyth). 



{HaUastwr'] intermedins BhY-vn (Gurney MS.), ll)if^, 1865, p. L'8 (Java). 



"Common at Sigoeli, and several seen at other places" on Siniului-; 

 also noted on Tuangku and on Mansalar. Two specimens, one of 

 them from Tapanuli Bay. 



MICROHIERAX FRINGILLARIUS (Drapiez). 

 Falco fringillarius Drapiez, Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat., VI, 1824, p. 412 ("des Inde.s"). 



Four adults, from Loh Sidoh Bay. One specimen a male, has indi- 1 

 cations of a white collar on the nape. i 



? FALCO PEREGRINUS Tunstall. 

 [Falco] peregrinus Tunstall, Orn. Britannica, 1771, p. 1 (Great Britain). 



"A falcon was seen in Telok Dalam and fired at twice, when it 

 dropped a Calornis which it had in its claws. The dark cheek stripe 

 was plainly visible." 



Family BUBONID^. 



PISORHINA UMBRA, new species. 



22/^9^.— Adult male. No. 179101, U.S.N.M.; Simalur Island, west 

 coast of Sumatra, November 29, 1901; Dr. W. L. Abbott. General 

 color of the upper parts, brown (between Mars brown and russet), 

 paler on the wings, all of the feathers finely dotted with dusky, those 

 of the crown being prominently marked with irregular black streaks 

 and bars; feathers of the crown, ear tufts, and mantle with more or 

 less concealed russet bars or bases, mingled with blackish bars or 

 markings; outer scapulars with conspicuous white spots, tipped with 

 black and russet; wing-coverts mainly like the mantle, the greateii 

 coverts somewhat paler; primary coverts and alula more prominently' 

 marked with dusky, the feathers of the latter with three or four pale 

 bars on the outer webs. Primaries narrowly bordered with dusky.) 

 the outer webs with several deep buff or cinnamon bars; rump, upper 

 tail-coverts, and tip of tail like the mantle, basal two-thirds of the tai 

 darker, with several pale cinnamon bars, each one with dusk}^ bordersi,^: 

 Sides of neck and chest like the mantle, but with distinct narrow' 

 blackish bars or vermiculations, some of the feathers of the chest witl 

 blackish shaft spots; throat paler, with irregular blackish markings 

 base of malar region with more prominent black spots, mingled witl 

 white and russet, forming a well defined patch ; ear-coverts and sidel' 

 of face russet, with obscure dusky markings; chin white; forehead 

 and feathers above eyes, white, mottled with russet and black. Breast 

 sides, flanks, and abdomen like the chest, but the feathers barred an( 

 freckled with white, especially on the latter; thighs and tarsus russet 



