286 Lord Tweeddale on Birds from 



parison^ the identity or non-identity of a large number of 

 Sumatran species with those inhabiting Java, Borneo, and 

 Malacca, and of enabling us to add a little to our knowledge 

 of geographical distribution. 



1. MiCROHIERAX FRINGILLARIUS. 



Falco fr'mgiUarius , Drapiez, Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. vi. 

 p. 412, t. v., "des Indes^^ (1824). 



A series of four individuals, identical with Malaccan ex- 

 amples. [" Sits on naked branches at top of trees. '^ — Buxton.] 



2. Haliastur intermedius. 



Falco pondicerianus, Gm. ; Raffles, t.c. p. 278. 

 Haliastur intermedius, Gurney, Ibis, 1865, p. 28. 



3. ASTUR TRIVIRGATUS. 



Falco trivirgatus, Temm. PI. Col. 203, " Sumatra'' (1824). 



4. Pernis ptilorhynchus. 



Falco ptilorhynchus, Temm. PI. Col. 44, ''Java, Sumatra'' 

 (1823). 



An example of a Honey-Buzzard was obtained by Mr. 

 Buxton which has the feathers of the breast, abdomen, flanks, 

 ventral region, and the thigh-coverts white or tawny white, 

 transversely barred with two or three brown broad bands, 

 the terminal band being narrowly fringed with tawny white 

 or pure white. The feathers of the fore neck have darker 

 brown drops, which occupy the terminal part of each plume, 

 these drojDS being set between a rufo-fulvous and a white 

 ground. The under wing-coverts are banded like the breast. 

 The upper plumage is dark brown, the terminations of the 

 feathers being darkest. The head and crest are black, the 

 latter measuring about two and a quarter inches. The face 

 is grey. The throat is white, with a central and two lateral 

 dark brown streaks. Two broad dark brown bands traverse 

 the middle rectrices, the latter being terminal. A third 

 narrower band near the base of the tail is of a paler shade of 

 brown. The intervening spaces are of a dirty yellowish white, 

 much mottled with earthy brown. 



The plumage of the under surface very closely resembles 



