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Baza reinwardti, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 23 (1845) ; Strickl. Orn. Syn. 



p. 127 (1855) ; Schl. Mus. P.-B. IVIilvi, p. 5 (1862) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 



1863, p. 21 ; Bh/th, Ibis, 1863, p. 11 ; Schl. Vog. Nederl Ind. Valkv. 



pp. 40, 77, pi. 27. figs. 1-3 (1866) ; Wall. Ibis, 1868, p. 18; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 25 (1869) ; Schl. Revue Accipitr. p. 133 (1873). 

 Pernis jerdoni. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 24 (1845). 

 Avicida reinwardti, Lafr. Bev. Zool, 1846, p. 128 ; Bp. Rev, et Mag. 



de Zool. 1854, p. 535. 

 Baza jerdoni. Gray, Gen. B. iii. App. p. 2 (1849). 

 Baza stenozona. Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 169, et 1859, p. 153 ; Scl. 



Ibis, 1860, p. 322. 



Adult. Head and neok all round, including the interscapulary 

 region above and the chest below, clear slaty grey, the occipital 

 crest black, contrasting strongly ; scapulars and inner secondaries 

 chocolate-brown ; lower part of back brownish, washed with dark 

 slaty, the rump and upper tail- coverts being entirely of the latter 

 colour ; wing-coverts ashy grey, the least ones blackish, shaded 

 with green ; quiUs and tail ashy grey above, slightly tipped with 

 whitish, barred with black, the subterminal bars on secondaries and 

 tail-feathers clearly shaded with greenish, under surface ashy white, 

 barred with black, the basal ones indistinct, and not carried right 

 across the feather ; breast huffy white, with greyish black cross 

 bars, not continued on to the abdomen, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts, which are unbarred and of a clear orange-buff; under 

 wing-coverts also orange-buff, the lower ones slightly marked with 

 greyish black ; cere lead-colour ; bill black, lead-colour at base ; 

 feet bluish white ; iris yellow. Total length 15*5 inches, culmen 1*2, 

 wing 12-1, tail 7-2, tarsus 1-3. 



Young. Browner than the adult, the upper surface being entirely 

 brown, with pale fulvous edgings to the feathers ; quills and tail 

 brown, banded with darker brown ; cheeks greyish ; throat bufiy 

 white, with a narrow central streak of greyish black ; chest clouded 

 with brown ; rest of under surface bulfy white, barred with blackish, 

 more narrowly than in the adult ; the thighs and tinder wing- and 

 taU-coveiis clear yellowish buff. 



Hab. New Guinea and islands of Austro-Malayan subregion. 



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of B. stenozona. 

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