136 



immaculate in old birds ; in younger 

 birds heavily marked with drop-shaped 

 spots of black. 

 289. Falco severus severus Horsf., Trans. Linn. 

 Soc, xiii., p. 135 (1822). [Java.] 

 Indian Hobby. 



Burma, 

 Malay 

 Peninsula & 

 Archipel. ; 

 French 

 Indo-China. 



289a. 



Wing (^ 8.50, ? 9.0-9.50 in. ; chest usually 

 with black shaft-stripes ; above darker ; 

 tail nearly black ; below darker chestnut ; 

 quills and tail below either banded or un- 

 handed in New Guinea birds, not always 

 unhanded. 



Falco severus papuanus A. B. Meyer & 

 Wiglesw. Abhandl. Ber. Mus. Dresden, 

 1892-3, No. 3, p. 6 (1893). [S.E. New 

 Guinea.] 

 New Guinea Hobby. 



New 

 Guinea ; 

 Celebes ? 

 Solomon 

 Is.? 



Above paler ; wings and tail browner 

 slaty ; inner webs always barred below 

 with pale cinnamon, chestnut of lower parts 

 paler, without black markings in adults. 

 289b. Falco severus indicus A. B. Meyer and 

 Wiglesw. Bds., Celebes, i., p. 84 (1898). 

 [Calcutta.] 

 Central Indian Hobby. 



India ; 

 cas. Ceylon 



289c. 



W^ing $ 9.6 in. ; above soot}^ ; primaries 

 and tail-coverts with rufous bars on inner 

 webs ; throat huffy white ; below black, 

 with remains of chestnut edgings ; thighs 

 chestnut, streaked with black ; younger 

 bird chestnut below, streaked with black. 

 Falco severus religiosus Sharpe, Cat. Bds. 

 Brit. Mus., p. 397 (1874). [Ceram, type in 

 Ley den Mus.] 

 Moluccan Hobby. 



Ceram, 

 Halmahera. 



