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29. H. EUTOLMOs, Hodgson. 



Syn. H. hengalensis, Blyth, J. A. S. xii. p. 179 bis. Bengal 

 Falcon, var. A, Latham. 



Hab. Nepal; Sikhim; Assam; Arakan ; Pegu, and Tenasserim 

 provinces (where it is rare). 



30. H. FRiNGiLLARius. (Drap.Dict. Class. d^llist. Nat. pl.21 ; 

 PL Col. 37.) 



Syn. Falco fringillariics, Di'di\iiez. H.malayensis, Strickland. 

 Malayan H. ccerulescens, auctoruni. 



Hab. Malayan peninsula and Western Indonesia generally ; 

 replaced by other species in the more eastern islands : northward 

 it extends to the southernmost Tenasserim province of Mergui. 



Subfam. PERNiNiE (Cuckoo- Hawks). 

 Genus Baza, Hodgson. 



81. B. LOPHOTES. (PI. Col. 10.) 



Syn. Falco lophotes, Temm. Lepidogenys lathami, Gray. B. 

 syama, Hodgson. Lophotes indicus, Lesson. 



Hab. India generally ; rarer to the south : Ceylon ; Burma. 

 Not uncommon, during the rainy season, in Lower Bengal, 



32. B, REiNWARDTii (MiAllcr, Verb. Aves, t. 5). 



Syn. Falco {Lophotes) reinwardtii, S. Miiller. Lophastur 

 jerdoni, Blyth. Aviceda sumatrensis, Lafrcsnaye. Lepidogenys 

 subcristatus (?), Gould. 



Hab. Malayan peninsula (rare) and archipelago ; Australia ? 



Genus Pernis, Cuvier. 



33. P. CRisTATA, Cuvier. (PL Col. 44.) 



Syn. Falco jjtilorhynclms, Temminck. P. ellioti, Jameson. 

 P. maculosa, torquata, rujicollis, et atrogularis, Lesson. P. bha- 

 ratensis, Hodgson. P. ajrivora of India, auctorum. 



Hab. India generally ; Indo-Chinese and Malayan regions : 

 not rare in Lower Bengal. 



Obs. — Specimens from S. India, Ceylon, and Malasia appear 

 to have constantly a well-developed occipital crest, attaining to 

 a length of about 2\ in., which is merely indicated, and some- 



