366 FALCONID^. 



71. MICROHIERAX * 



Hierax, Vigors, Zool. Journ. i. p. 339 (1824, nee Type. 



Leach, 1816) H. fringillarius. 



Foot of Microhierax ecsrulescens. 



Range. Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Burmah ; Malayan penin- 

 sula ; Java ; Sumatra ; Borneo ; Philippines. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Hiud neck white ccerulescens, p. 366. 



h. Hind neck like rest of hack. 



a!. Abdomen rufous fringillarius, p. 367. 



h'. Abdomen white. 



a". Thighs white melanoleuetis, p. 368. 



b". Thighs black erythrogenys, p. 369. 



1. Microhierax cserulescens. 



The little Black-and-Orange-coloured Hawk, Edw. Nat. Hist. B. iii. 



p. 108, pi. 108 (1750) t. • 

 Le Faucon de Bengale, Briss. Orn. vi. Suppl. p. 20 (1760, ex Edw.). 

 Falco cserulescens, Linn. S. N. i. p. 126 (1766, ex Edw.). 

 Harpagus cserulescens, Siv. Classif. B. ii. p. 213 (1837). 

 Hierax bengalensis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. pt. ii. p. 789 (1842) ; Gray, 



Cat. Mamm. 8r B. Nepal, Hodgs. p. 45 (1846) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 28 



(1850). 

 Hierax eutolmus y. bengalensis, Hodgs. in Gray^s Zool. Misc. p. 81 



(1844). 

 Hierax cserulescens, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 21 (1844) ; Strickl. Orn. Syn. 



p. 102 (1855). 

 Hierax eutolmus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 21 (1844) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Miis. 



As. Soc. Beng. p. 17 (1849) ; id. J. A. S. B. xix. p. 324 (1850) ; 



Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 103 (1855) ; Jerd. B. of India, i. p. 42 (1862) ; 



* fiiKpbs, parvus, tepoS, accipiter. 



f The absence of the white nuchal collar in Edwards's plate and description 

 alone prevents us from fully recognizing the bird here referred to that title. This 

 discrepancy may have been caused by the state of the sppcimen, which is stated 

 to have come out of spirits. No other member of the genus suits the descrip- 

 tion ; but, with the above allowance being made, it coincides admirably with 

 the species afterwards described as Hierax eutolmus. 



