404 kaxconid:e. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but larger. Total length 

 13 inches, culmen 0-9o, wing 9, tail G-5, tarsus 1-5. 

 IJah. Indian peninsula. 



(/. Ad. sk. India. Dr. Babingtou [P.]. 



6. Ad. sk. Meerut. J. Gould, Esq. [P.J. 



c. Ad. sk. Nepaul. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



d. Ad. St. Nepaul. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



e. Ad.sk. Ivaikote, Kattiawar, Major J. Hayes Lloyd 



June 7, 1871. 



23. Falco ruficollis. 



Tawnv-headed Falcon, Lath. Gen. Hid. i. p. 200(1821). 

 Falco'ruficollis, Sw. B. W. Afr. i. p. 107, pi. 2 (1837); Stnckl. Orn. 



Syn. p. 87 (185o); Hartl. Orn. W'.-Afr. p. 8 (1857); Finsch i^- 



Hartl.Vdg. Ostafr. p. 72 (1870). 

 Falco macrodactylus, Siu. Classif. B. ii. p. 212 (1837). 

 Falco chicquera, Vierth. Naum. 1852, p. 48; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 



p. 36 (1869) ; Schl. Revue Accipitr. p. 38 (1873). 

 Cliicquera ruficollis, Bp. Rev. et 3Iag. de Zool. 1854, p. 536 ; Giirney, 



Ibis, 1868, p. 141 ; Ayres, Ibis, 1869, p. 288 ; Anderss. B. Damara 



Ld. ed. Gurney, p. 14 (1872). 

 Hypotriorcliis ruKcoUis, Ileugl. Ibis, 1860, p. 409 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 



i. p. 22 (1869). 

 Chicquera macrodactylus, Loche, Expl. Set, Alger., Ois. p. 58(1867). 



Adult male. So similar to F. chicquera that it is probable that it 

 may yet prove to be the same. It seems to be a little paler in colour, 

 and to have the bars on the breast rather closer together ; orbits, 

 cere, tarsi, and feet yellow ; bill bluish horn-colour, yellow at base ; 

 iris dark brown. Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 8*6, 

 tail 5'8, tarsus 1-5. 



Hab. The whole of Africa. 



rt. (S ad. sk. Transvaal. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.], 



b. Ad. St. Africa. 



24, Falco eleonorae. 



Falco eleonorae, Gene, Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 105, et Mein. R. Accad. Tor. 

 ser. 4, torn. ii. Taf. la, 2 (1840) ; Temm. Man. d'Orn. iv. p. 593 

 (1840) ; Bp. Faun. Ital. Ucc. tav. 1 (1841); Schl. Rev. Vrit. p. iii 

 ( 1844) ; Schl. 8>- Susem. Vog. Eur. Taf. 53, 54 (c. 1845) ; Strickl. 

 Orn. Syn. p. 86 (1855) ; Janb. <§- Barth. Rich. Orn. p. 57, pi. 6 

 (1859) ; Schl. Mus. P.-B. Falc. p. 25 (1862) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1865, 

 p. 258 ; Brec. B. Eur. i. p. 44 (1866) ; Degl. 8) Gerbe, Orn. Eur. 

 i. p. 86 (1867); Salvad. Faun. Ital. Ucc. p. 19 (1871) ; Dresser, B. 

 Eur. pt. xvi. (1873) ; Schl. Revue Accipitr. p. 40 (1873). 



Falco arcadicus, Linderm. Isis, 1843, p. 329, Taf. 1 ; Strickl. Orn. Syn. 

 p. 86 (1855). 



Falco concolor, Miihle, Orn. Griechenl. p. 14 (1844). 



Hypotriorchis arcadicus. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 20 (1844). 



Hypotriorchis eleonorse, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 20 (1844) ; Bp. Consp. i. 

 p. 25 (1850) ; Kaiip, Contr. Orn. 1850, p. 55; id. Cat. Ois. Eur. 

 Parzud. p. 2 (1856) : Tristr. Ibis, 1859, p. 26 ; Salvin, t. c. p. 189 ; 



