Ordo AGGIPITRES 

 Familia FALCONIDAE 



Gen. LIMNAETUS, Vig. 



Tipns: 

 liimnaetus, Vig., Mem. Raffi, p. 6't9 (1831) Falro limnaetus, Horsf. 



Sp. 1. Limnaetus gurneyi (Gray). 



Aquila (Heteropus?) gurneyi, G. R. Gr. , P. Z. S. 1860, p. 342, pi. 169 (juv.) (Batcian) '. 



Aquila gurneyi, G. R. Or., P. Z. S. 1861, p. 433 (Waigiou).— Wall., Ibis, 1868, p. 13, 20. 



Spizaetus gurneyi, Schleg., Mus. P. B. Astures, p. 14 (I86i) (Ternate). — Finsch, Neu- 

 Guin. p. 155 (1865). — Schleg., Vog. Ned. Ind Valkvng. p. 17, 56, pi. 9 (1866) (Halmahera, 

 Morotai). — Id., Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. Ili, p. 327 (1866) (\ru). — Pelz., Verh. z.-b. Gesell. 

 Wien, 1872, p. 425 (Aru). — Schleg., Mus. P. B. Revue Accipitr. p. 6U (1873) (Sorong) — 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. I, p. 273, sp Hi (187i). — Rosenb., Reist. naar Geeiwinkb. p. 5, 113 (1875) 

 (Salvatti). — Id., Malay. Arch. p. 363, 395, 4U6 (1878-79): 



Heteropus gurneyi, G. R. Gr., Hand-List, I, p. 11, sp. 97 (18691. 



Limnaetus gurneyi, Gurn., Ibis, 1877, p. 424.— Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. XII, p. 33, 

 sp. I (1878). 



Goheba kiè, abilanli di Ternate (voti Rosenberg). 



Nigro-brnnnesrens . infame vix pallidior ; gulae jììumis, hasin versus, conspicue albis ; 

 plumis parlis inferioris tarsi albidis ; remigibus. hasiu versus, grisesceiUibus, secundariis vix 

 transfasciatis ; reclricibus basiti versus grisescentibus et albo-variis ; ceromate et digitis flavis; 

 rostro nigro-corneo ; iride flava, vel brunneo-ocliracea. 



Juv. Superne fusco-brunneus ; capite, collo et gastraeo rufescentibus , pectore obscn- 

 riore; remigum scapis albis; remigibus secundariis fasciis transversis griseis notatis; cauda 

 superne fusca, apice pallidiore, et obsolete transfasciolata, infeme fasciis transversis, nume- 

 rosis, fuscis et griseis fusco-variis, notata 



Long. lol. O^SOO-O^.SaO; al. 0'",500-0">.d60 ; caud. 0",320-0'°,365 ; rostri 

 0"»,049-0"',0o2; tarsi 0" ,088-0™ .095. 



Hab. in Moluccis — Balcian (Wallace, Bernsteinj; Ternate (Bernstein, Bruijn); Hal- 

 mahera (von Rosenberg. Bruijn) ; Morotai (Bernstein) ; in Papuasia — Waigiou (Wallace); 

 ? Salvatti (von Rosenberg) \ Nova Guinea, Sorong (von Rosenberg ) ; Jobi (Beccari); kra 

 (von Rosenberg, Miis. Vindob., Beccari). 



a (119) rf Vokan (Aru) 31 Marzo 1873. « Iride giallo-ocraceo « (B.) '. 

 Individuo sopradescritto, al tutto adulto. 



6 (132) 9 Vokan i Aprile 1873 « Iride bruno-ocraceo » (B.). 

 Simile al maschio, ma notevolmente piìk grande. 



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(1) Il tipo di questa specie non esiste nel Museo Britannico; ignorasi ove esso si trovi. 



(2) Beccari. 



