268 FALCONID^. 



banded with dark brown, plainer on the inner web, especially under- 

 neath, where the inner web is ashy white ; rump dai'k brown, tipped 

 with whitish ; the long upper tail-coverts whity brown, faintly 

 barred and tipped with white ; taU pale brown, tipped with white 

 and crossed with six bauds of darker brown of rather unequal 

 breadth, the subterminal one the broadest ; head and neck aU 

 round white, with broad dark centres to most of the feathers, caus- 

 ing a spotted appearance ; an occipital crest 3-9 inches long, the 

 feathers black, margined and tipped with white ; the ear-coverts and 

 cheeks narrowly streaked with black ; under surface of body white, 

 with a few streaks of dark brown on the chest, rather broader on 

 the sides of the body; the lower flanks and thighs pale brownish, 

 with faint bars of white ; under wing-coverts white, the lower ones 

 with subterminal spots of dark brown ; cere hoary black ; bill black ; 

 feet dirty yellowish white ; iris yellow. Total length 30 inches, 

 wing 18-8, taU 12-6, tarsus 3-9. 



Adult male. Above very dark brown, the feathers slightly mar- 

 gined with paler brown ; the wing-coverts and secondaries rather 

 lighter, excepting just before the tips, which are dark brown, the 

 latter also regidarly barred across with this latter colour, these bars 

 much more distinct below, where the lower surface of the quills is 

 whitish grey ; upper tail-coverts somewhat lighter brown than the 

 back, narrowly tipped and more broadly barred with dull whitish ; 

 tail pale brown, somewhat washed -with ashy, tipped with whity 

 brown and crossed with four broad bands of blackish brown, the 

 subterminal one broader than the penultimate interspace ; head 

 blackish, the feathers slightly margined with fulvous brown, causing 

 a streaked appearance, which is much more distinct on the hind 

 neck ; an occipital crest 2-8 inches long, blackish, with narrow whity- 

 brown tips ; cheeks and ear-coverts blackish brown ; throat white, 

 with a broad streak of black down the centre ; chest fawn-brown, 

 with broad black centres to the feathers, giving a distinctly striped 

 aspect ; the rest of the under surface bro'\\Ti, largely spotted on the 

 breast with white, changing into distinct bars on the flanks and 

 thighs, which are darker brown ; the tarsal feathers and under taU- 

 coverts rather paler brown, barred with white ; under wrng-coverts 

 fawn-brown like the chest, spotted with dark brown ; the lower 

 series white, barred with dark brown. Total length 28 inches, 

 culmen 1-9, wing 18-5, tail 13, tarsus 3-9. 



Adult female. Larger than the male. Total length 32 inches, 

 wing 20, tail 13, tarsus 4-2. 



Hab. The Himalayas, hills of Southern India, and Ceylon. 



a. S ad. sk. India. Major-General Hardwicke [P.]. 



b. 5 ad. St. India. J. R. Reeves, Esq. [P.]. 



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



d. e, f. Ad. St. Nepaul. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 ff. Jiiv. St. Nepaul. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 //, i. Ad. sk. Nepaid. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 k, I. Juv. sk. Nepaul. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 m. Pull. sk. Nepaul. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 n. Sternum. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



