Mr. E. Blyth on the Birds of India. 15 



apud Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. Sc. x. p. 84. Ace. maculatus, 

 Brisson. Ace. subtypicus, Hodgson. Nisus communis, Cuvier. 

 N. elegans, N. fringillarum, ct N. percgrinus, Brehm. Bassura 

 Falcon, Latham. 



Hah. Europe, Asia, and N. Africa : a winter visitant in India, 

 where it is numerous in the hilly parts ; rare, though occasional, 

 on the alluvium of Lower Bengal. I have not seen it from the 

 eastern side of the Bay of Bengal ; but it is recorded as an 

 inhabitant of Japan. 



45. Ace. NisoiDES (Blyth, J. A. S. xvi. p. 727, xxi. p. 359). 

 Syn. Ace. fringillarius, var., Vig. Appendix to Memoir of Sir 



T. Stamford Raffles, p. 549. 



Hab. Malayan peninsula ; Sumatra ? 



Remark. — Mr. G. R. Gray is utterly mistaken in referring 

 this as a synonym of the next species. It closely resembles the 

 preceding one, but is smaller, with trivirgate throat ; and I doubt 

 if the male has ever any rufous colouring. My friend Dr. Jer- 

 don very strongly suspected that it is the Khdndesrd of Indian 

 falconers, of the existence of which (as a distinct Indian species) 

 he is assured, from the concurrent testimony of all native fal- 

 coners, although he has not succeeded hitherto in procuring a 

 specimen. It may be mistaken for Ace. nisus; but never for 

 Ace. virgatus. 



{Hierospiza, Kaup.) 



46. Ace. VIRGATUS (PI. Col. 109 (?; Jerdon's 111. Ind. Orn. 

 pi. 4. p. 29). 



Syn. Falco virgatus, Temminck. Ace. besra, Jerdon. $^. 

 fringillarius, Jerdon, Catal. A. dussumieri, Sykes. A. affinis, 

 Hodgson, Gray^s Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 18. Nisus (nee Sparvius) 



ajoutez Ace. nisosimilis, Tickell (1833), de I'Inde, qui semble identique au 

 dussumieri de Jerdon, mais non a celui de Temminck, si voisin du badius, 

 chacun ayant applique ce nom a sa guise, mon ami le colonel Sykes au 

 virgatus," &c. All the specimens which I have seen from various parts 

 of India, fi-om the Himalaya to the south, and inclusive of Lower Bengal, 

 were unmistakeable Ace. nisus (verus). The Prince, it also appears, dis- 

 tinguished Micronisus badius from M. dussumieri ; but I doubt if any such 

 distinction could be traced in an adequate series of specimens. 



