374 



i-ALCONlD^. 



Uieracidea brunnea, Ormi, Ibis, 1862, p. 215 ; Layard, Ibis, 1863, 

 p. 332; relz. Verh. z.-b. Wien, xiii. p. 620 (1863); Biiller, Tr. N. 

 Z. Inst. i. p. 106 (18683 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1870, p. 535 ; Buller, Ibis, 

 1872, p. 332 ; id. B. N. Zeal. p. 6 (1872). 



leracidea brimneus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 22 (1869). 



Hieracidea australis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1873, p. 327. 



Adult. Similar to H. novce zealandice-, but smaller and more ashy 

 brown above. Male, wing 9 inches; female, wing 11. (Bidler.) 

 Hah. jS'ew Zealand. 



a. c? ad. St. 



b. 2 juv. St. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. Juv. sk. 



e. 5 juv. sk. 

 /. 2 juv. sk. 

 ff. d ad. sk. 

 h. Juv. sk. 



i. Skeleton. 



New Zealand. 



New Zealand. 



New Zealand. 



New Zealand. 



Chalky Bay, N. Z. 



South" Island, N. Z. 



River Hutt, N. Z. 



South Island, N. Z. {Mutton). 



Miss R, 

 Miss R, 



Stone 

 Stone 



J 



Capt. Stokes, R.N. [P.] 

 Capt. Stokes^R.N.J;P.J 



Percy Earl, Esq. _ 

 F. Strange, Esq. [C. 

 R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. [P.]. 

 Zoological Society. 



^^. 



75. FALCO*. Type. 



Falco, Zinn. S. JV. i. p. 124 (1766) F. communis. 



Tinnuncidus, lleill. Ois. Amer. Sept. i. p. 39 (1807) . . F. columbarius. 



Hypotriorchis, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 967 F. subbuteo. 



^Esalon, lump, NatUrl. Syst. p. 40 (1829) F. regulus. 



Dendrofalco, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 3 (1840) F. subbuteo. 



Lithofalco, Blasius F. regulus. 



Gennaia, Katip, Isis, 1847, p. 69 F. juggur. 



Chicquera, Bp. Ecv. et. Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 535 . . F. chicquera. 



Turumtia, Blyth, Ibis, 1863, p. 9 F. chicquera. 



Head and foot of Fako communis. 

 Mange. The whole of the Old and New Worlds, excepting Oceania. 



* Notwithstanding the fine series of Falcons in the Museum, I have in the 

 present table only endeavoured to draw up diagnostic characters of the adult 

 birds, as there are several important facts still in abeyance, such as the determin- 

 ation of Falco atriceps, Hume, which I have not seen, and the distinctness of the 

 southern from the northern Peregrines. Until these points are settled I have 

 preferred not to attempt a full diagnosis of the young, in order to avoid con- 

 fusion. 



