G8. BAZA. 351 



e'". Tarsus finely reticulate in front, not nearly 



twice the length of middle toe ' 76. Hieeofalco, 



/"'. Tarsus transversely plated near base of p. 410. 



toes, more than twice the length of the 



middle toe without claw 77. Hiehacidea, 



/". Distance between tips of primaries and tip p. A'lO. 



of secondaries greater than half the length 



of tail 78. Cehchneis, 



p. 423. 



68. BAZA. „ 



Type. 



Lophotes, Less. Traite, p. 96 (1831, nee Giorna) B. lophotes. 



Baza, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. v. p. 777 (1836) B. lophotes. 



Avicida, Sw. B. W. Afr. i. p. 104 (1837) B. cuculoides. 



Lepidogenys, J. E. Gray, 1839, teste G. E. Gray, List 



Gen. B. p. 4 (1840)* B, lophotes. 



Hytiopus, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. x. p. 27 (1841) B. lophotes, 



Lophastur, Bli/tJi, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 464 (1842) B. reinwardti. 



Head of Baza lophotes. 



Range. Indian peninsula and Ceylon, extending throughout the 

 Malayan peninsula and islands, as well as the Moluccas, to North 

 Australia. Africa ; on the west coast and in Natal. 



Key to the species. 



a. Tail black, unhanded ; chest with a crescentic band 



of white lophotes, p. 352. 



b. Tail brown or ashy grey, barred with darker brown 



or black. 

 «'. Thighs and under tail-coverts pure white or buff, 

 banded with rufous. 

 a". Throat streaked with hrown ; chest white. .. . madagascariensis, 

 b". Throat and chest uniform grey. p. 353. 



a"'. Under wing-coverts uniform rufous ; above 



brownish ash-colour cuculoides, p. 354. 



b'" . Under wing-coverts barred with rufous and 



white ; above slaty grey verremt.ri, p. 364. 



c". Throat white or buff, washed as well as the 

 chest more or less with rufous, 

 c'". With a distinct throat-stripe. [p. 356. 



a*. Chest grey magnirostris, 



* This generic uame must have been in existence before this date, as Gould 

 quotes it in 1837 ; but I cannot find where it was published. 



