362 Viscount Walden oii a 



Paiaurms malaccensis, Vigors ; Motley & Dillwyn, Labuan, 

 p. 26, 



PalcEornis affinis, Gould, B. of Asia, pt. x. pi. — , av. juv. 

 (1858), fide Blyth, Ibis, 1865, p. 42. 



Sarawak {Everett) ; Banjarmassing {Motley) ; Sumatra, Ma- 

 lacca {mus. nostr.) ; Bangka {Sal. Miiller) ; Nias Isl. {v. Rosen- 

 berg). 



In a Sumatran example the middle rectrices measure 10| 

 inches. 



HiERAx c^RULEscENs (Linn.), S. N. i. p. 125, no. 9 (1766), 

 ex Edwards. 



Little Black and Orange-coloured Indian Hawk, Edwards, 

 lUustr. pi. 108, " Bengal.^' 



Hierax malayensis, Strickl. Ann. Nat. Hist. xiii. p. 33, " Ma- 

 lay countries ^■' (1844). 



" Marup, 2 ■" 



Does not diflFer from Sumatran and Malaccan examples. No 

 rufous about the head. The wing measures 3| inches. The 

 writing on the label is indistinct, but seems to read "iris light 

 brown." The Javan bird has yet to be compared. 



Spilornis bacha (Daudin), Traite, ii. p. 43 (1800), ex 

 Levaillant. 



Le Bacha, Levaillant, Ois. d'Afr. i. p. 68, pi. 15, " South 

 Africa " ! 



Spilornis cheela (Daud.), apud Wallace, Ibis, 1868, p. 15, 

 " Borneo, small race of the Indian species," nee Daudin. 



Falco cheela, Daudin, Traite, ii. p. 44 (1800), to which spe- 

 cies Mr. Wallace (/. c.) referred the small Boruean Spilornis, 

 was founded on Latham^s Cheela Falcon, Syn. Suppl. p. 33,= 

 Falco cheela. Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 14. no. 14 (1790), described 

 as from India, where it is known " by the name of Cheela ; size 

 large, and of a very stout make ; length 2 feet or more " 

 (Lath. /. c). 



Falco bacha, Daudin {I.e.), is the title Daudin gave io Le 

 Bacha, Levaillant (/. c.) . Levaillant's type is generally sup- 

 posed to have come from Java ; and his plate agrees well with 

 the Javan bird. Falco bido, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 137, 



