67. PKRNis. 343 



and centre of chest white, the chin and a broad streak down the 

 throat, as well as the sides of the latter and a few spots on the 

 lower part, black. Total length 18-5 inches, occipital crest 2-65, 

 culmen 1-35, wing 14-2, tail 7-8, tarsus 2-5. (Mus. Lugd.) 

 Hab. Malacca. 



2. Machserhamphus anderssoni. 



Stringonyx anderssoni, Gurnerj, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 618. 

 Machferhamphus alcinus {nee Westerm.), BaHlett, P. Z. S. 1866, 



p. 324 ; Gurnet/, Tr. Z. S. \i. pi. 29 (1869) ; Grai/, Hayid-l. B. i. 



p. 26 (18G9). 

 Machferhamphus anderssoni, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 501 ; Gurney 



in Anderss. B. Damara Ld. p. 23 (1872). 



Adult. Upper surface chocolate-brown, the head very much 

 crested, the nape and some of the feathers of the upper parts some- 

 what varied with white, where the bases to the feathers show 

 through ; above and below the eye a broad white line ; lores 

 inclining to white behind the nostril ; cheeks slightly mottled with 

 whitish ; below the gape a line of dark brown feathers, forming a 

 kind of moustache ; quills dark brown, banded with white below, 

 some of the inner secondaries with concealed white bars on the upper 

 surface ; tail chocolate-brown, narrowly tipped with whitish, with 

 bars of paler brown on the upper surface, white on the inner web of 

 outer tail-feathers and under surface of all ; throat and chest white, 

 with a faintly indicated streak of dark brown on the throat, and 

 many streaks of dark brown on the breast, the lower part of which, 

 as weU as the flanks and thigh-feathers, are entirely brown, slightly 

 mottled with white ; lower part of abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 white, the latter tipped with brown ; under wing-coverts brown, 

 crossed and tipped with white ; bill and gape bluish lead-colour, 

 black at tip of the former ; tarsi and toes bluish white ; iris bright 

 lemon-yellow. Total length 16 '8 inches, culmen 1, wing 13*9, tail 

 7-3, tarsus 2-4. 



Hah. Damara Land in S.W. Afi-ica, and Madagascar. 



rt. c? ad. St. Damara Land. C. J. Andersson, Esq. [C.]. Cf. 



Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. {I. c). 

 b. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Mr. Lormier [0.]. 



67. PERNIS*. ^ 



Type. 



Pernis, Cuv. Regne An. i. p. 322 (1817) P. apivorus. 



Pterochalinus, Gloger, Handh. Katurg. p. 215 P. apivorus. 



Range. Europe and Northern Asia, extending to Japan and 

 North China ; the whole of India, with Ceylon ; Java and Sumatra ; 

 the whole of Africa, with Madagascar. 



* I have not been able to identify or describe Pernis brachyptertu of Blyth 

 from Mergui, quoted by Mr. G. R. Gray (Hand-1. i. p. 26). 



