71. MICROHIERAX. 367 



Blyth, Ibis, 1863, p. 11, and 18GG, p. 239 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 24 

 (1869); Huvie, Bough Notes, i. p. Ill (1869); Blanf. Ibis, 1870, 

 p. 464. 

 Falco crerulescens bengalensis, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Falc. p. 33 (1862). 



Adult. Above dull greenish black, the greenish tinge scarcely 

 perceptible ; forehead white, as well as a broad eyebi-ow running 

 down the sides of the neck, and joining the hind neck, which is also 

 white, and forms a broad coUar ; feathers round the eye and ear- 

 coverts black ; quills black, notched or broadly barred with white 

 on the inner web, one or two of the primaries also spotted with 

 white near the base of the outer web, the secondaries greenish black 

 Uke the wing-coverts and rest of back; tail black, spotted with 

 white near the base of the inner webs, forming rather broad bars ; 

 cheeks and sides of neck white ; underparts silky white, the throat, 

 abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts chestnut ; sides of breast 

 greenish black ; wing-coverts white, some of the lower ones slightly 

 spotted with black. Total length 5*5 inches, culmen 0'5o, wing S-y, 

 tail 2-1, tarsus 0*8. 



Adult female. Similar to male, but a httle larger. Total length 

 6*4 inches, culmen 0'55, wing 4-3, tail 2-55, tarsus 0"85. 



A specimen from Cambodia and another from Pegu are slightly 

 brighter in colour and have broader white foreheads than Mr. 

 Hodgson's examples ; otherwise I can see no differences. 



Hab. Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Arakan, Burmah, Tenasserim, Siam, 

 and Cambodia. 



a. Ad. sk. India. M. A. Boucard [P.], 



b, e. Ad. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.l. 



d. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.J. 



e. Juv. sk. Darjiling. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 /. Ad. sk. Ava. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 

 g. Ad.sk. ^i&m. {Schomburgk). J. Gould, Esq. JP.]. 



h. Ad. sk. Cambodia. M. Mouhot [C.J. 



i. Ad. sk. Tenasserim. W. B. D. Packman, Esq. [P.]. 



./, h. Sterna. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Microhierax fringillarius. 



Falco ca;rulescens {nee Linn.), Horsf. Tr. Linn. Sac. xiii. p. 135 (1822) ; 



id. Zool. Bes. Java, pi. 35 (1824) ; Teinm. PL Col. i. pi. 97 (1824) ; 



Vieill. ^- Olid. Gal. Ois. i. p. 46, pi. 18 (1825) ; Eittl. Kupf. Vog. 



p. 4, pi. iii. fig. 2 (1832) ; ScJd. 3lus. P.-B. Falc. p. 33 (1862) ; id. 



Vog. Nederl. Ind. Valkv. pp. 7, 49, pi. 2. fig. 1 (1866). 

 Falco fi-ingillarius, Drop. Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. y\. p. 412, pi. v. 



(1824). 

 Hierax caerulescens, Vig. Zool. Journ. i. p. 339 (1824) ; id. Life Baffl. 



p. 649 (18.30) ; Bh/th, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 180* (1843) ; Gray, Gen. 



of B. i. p. 21 (1844) ; Kaup, Coutr. Om. 1850, p. 52 ; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 28 (1850) ; Bp. Bev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 537 ; Moore, P. 



Z. S. 1854, p. 258 ; Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 102 (1855) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 



1863, p. 206 ; Wall. Ibis, 1868, p. 6 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 24 



(1869) ; Wald. Ibis, 1872, p. 362. 

 Hierax malayensis, Strickl. Ann. N. H. xiii. p. 33 (1844) ; Gray, Gen. 



of B. i. p. 21 (1844); Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 104 (1855); Pelz. Verh. 



s.-b. Wien, xiii. p. 629 (1863) ; id. Beis. Nov., Vog. p. 3 (1865). 



