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the back, very slightly shaded with grey externally ; inner webs of all 

 the quills below white, with a broad terminal band of brown on the 

 secondaries, which have also remains of other bars ; tail black, tipped 

 with duU white, and crossed with three bars of ashy grey, the im- 

 mediate base of the tail white, as also are all the cross bars under- 

 neath. Total length 17 inches, culmen 1-3, wing 13-5, tail 9-7, 

 tarsus 2-75. 



Adult female. Larger than the male. Total length 22 inches, 

 wing 15, tail 10 -.5, tarsus 3-1. 



Ifab. South Africa. 



a. Pull. sk. Cape Colony. J. Verreaiix [C.J. 



b. Ad. sk. Cape Colony. S. African Museum. 



c. d. Juv. sk. Cape Colony. S. African Museum. 

 e. Ad. sk. South Africa. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



7. Circus melanoleucus. 



Falco melanoleucus, Forst. Inclisch. Zool. p. 12, pi. 11 (1781). 

 Faucon a collier des Indes, Sonn. Voij. Ind. ii. p. 182 (1782). 

 Black-and- White Falcon, Penn. Ind. Zool. p. 33, pi. 2 (1790). 

 Tchoug, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. i. p. 133, pi. 32 (1799) ; Stmd. Crit. om 



Levaill. p. 27 (1857). 

 Circus melanoleucus, Vieill. N. Bid. d'Hist. Nat. iv. p. 465 (1816) ; 



Less. Traite, p. 87 (1831) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 32 (1845) ; Strickl. 



Om. Si/n. p. 154 (1855) ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 98 (1862) ; Schl. Mus. 



P.-B. Circi, p. 8 (1862) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 37 (1869) ; Huyne, 



Rough Notes, ii. p. 307 (1870) ; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 34 ; Soldsw. 



P. Z. S. 1872, p. 414. 

 Stiigiceps melanoleucus, Kaup, Mus. Senck. iii. p. 258 (1845) ; Bp 



Cotisp. i. p. 35 (1850). 



Adult male. Upper parts glossy black, the rump and upper tail- 

 coverts white, the latter with two or three broad cross bars of black 

 or ashy grey, the former also shaded with grey ; wing-coverts silvery 

 grey, margined with white, with a broad "band of black feathers 

 extending from the bend of the wing parallel with its margin and 

 joining the median coverts, which are also black ; primaries black, 

 the primary coverts and secondaries silver)' grey, except the inner- 

 most, which are also black ; tail entirely silvery grey, tipped with 

 white, below and on the inner webs white ; sides of face and neck 

 throat, and chest glossy black ; rest of under surface, including the 

 under wing- and taU-coverts, pure white ; bill and cere black ; feet 

 yeUow ; iris yellow. Total length 18 inches, culmen 1, wing 14 

 tan 8"5, tarsus 3. 



Adult female. Larger than the male, and washed on the back with 

 slaty grey. Total length 2 inches, wing 15-4, tail 10, tarsus 3-3. 



Hah. Eastern Asia; eastern side of Indian peninsula and Burmah- 

 northwards to Mongolia, Amoor Land, and Northern China. 



a. S ad. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P 1 



h. 2 a<i- sk. Assam. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



c. J ad. sk. India. J. Gould, Esq. [P.J. 



d. cf ad. sk. India. 



e. cJ ad. sk. River Ussouri. Purchased. 



