Mr. R. B. Sharpens Catalof/nc r>/' Accipitrcs. 181 



Wiug from Midtlle 



carpal joiut. Tarsus. toe, s. u. 



in. in. in. 



From Nepal 67 21 1-2 



From Himalayas 6-2 2-05 1-05 



Ditto 6-6 2-05 1-2 



Ditto 7-S 2 1-2 



From Ceylon 6-35 1-8 Mo 



From Malacca 6'7 19 1-25 



Ascertained males : 



FromBatavia 6-9 19 115 



Ditto 5-8 17 1-15 



Presumed females : 



From India (exact locality un- 

 known) 77 2-1 1-45 



Ditto, (ditto) 77 22 l-o 



From Sciude 8-2 2-1 l-o 



From Himalayas 78 22 1-45 



From Singapore (two specimens) 7'3 2'1 1-4 



From Borneo imperfect. 21 lo 



Ascertained female : 



From Batavia 7*2 2 1*5 



These measurements apparently lead to the inference that 

 northern specimens are, on the average, larger than those 

 from more southern localities ; and this excess in size is still 

 more apparent in the race inhabiting Japan and Formosa, 

 which has been separated under the title of A. gularis, but 

 which Mr. Sharpe consolidates with A. virgatus. 



The following are measurements of specimens of ^. gularis 

 in the Norwich Museum : — 



Wing from Middle 



carpal joint. Tarsus. toe, s. u. 



in. in. in. 

 Presumed males : 



From Japan 7'8 2-05 l-."{ 



From Formosa 7 21 1-2 



Ditto 6-9 21 1-2 



Ditto 67 206 1-2 



Presumed females : 



From Japan 8-8 2-2 1-4 



From Formosa 8-5 2-5 17 



Professor Schlegel, in his supplementary catalogue of the 



