499 pjiocEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxvi. 



There were probably eggs, but the natives were afraid to climb and j 

 got them, the tree being large and rotten.'' It was oonnnon on | 

 Tuangku,' and individuals were observed on Babi, Lasia, Bangkaru, ' 



and Mansalar. 



Two fine adult males were collected. Length, r.r>0 luni.; weight, i 

 2.154 kg. "Ii"is brown, mottled with dark spots.'' 



Genus ICTHYOPHAGA Lesson. 



Idhyophaga Lesson, L'Echo du Monde Savant, 2" ser, VII, No. 1, January 5, 

 1843, col. 14. 

 Type, Icihy(}])haga javann Lesson {=Falro ichtlnju-tus Ilorsfield). 



ICTHYOPHAGA ICHTHYiETUS (Horsfield). 



F<dco ichthyxtns Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., XIII, Pt. 1, May, 1821, 

 ]). 136 (north coast of Java). 

 An adult female, from Tapanuli Bay. Length, i\m mm.; weight, 

 2.494 kg. "Iris straw yellow." i 



IcthyopJiaga, of Lesson, has priority over the other generic names, 

 employed for this eagle. 



SPILORNIS BACHA (Daudin). 



Falco hachd. Daudin, Traite d'Orn., II, April, 1800, p. 43 (from Levaillant, Ois. 

 d'Afr., I, p. (i9, pi. xv). 

 An inmiaturc female, from Tapanuli Bay, appears to belong to thi;- 

 species. Length, 612; wing, 369; tail, 253 mm. "Iris grayish olive; 

 feet pale yellow; bill leaden, black at tip; lores pale yellow." 



SPILORNIS ABBOTTI, new species. 



2^^^2M.— Adult male, No. 179094, U.S.N.M.; Simalur Island, wesi 

 coast of Sumatra, December 1, 1901; Dr. W. L. Abbott. Cap black 

 the feathers Avhitc at base; longest nuchal feathers pale cinnamon ai 

 tips; mantle, scapulars, back, rump, tertiaries, greater and middle wing 

 coverts, dark brown, with a purplish gloss, most of the feathers tippec 

 with pale cinnamon; lesser wing-coverts black, sparsely dotted witl 

 small white spots; primaries, and primary coverts, glossy black, sonuj 

 of the latter narrowly spotted with white at the tips; secondaries lik< 

 the tertiaries, becoming black terminally, most of them narrowb 

 tipped with white; upper tail-coverts like the back, rust}^ at the tips 

 some of the feathers with small lateral white spots at the tips; tai 

 black, most of the feathers narrowl}^ tipped with whitish; near th 

 outer third of the tail there is a band of grayish white, about 20 mm 

 wide, extending across all of the feathers; this band obscurely mottle 

 with })rownish gray above, but paler and of a more uniform shade o 

 the under surface; near the base of the tail, and concealed by th 



