358 FALCONIDiE. 



Ibis, 1884, p. 407 ; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 193 ; id. in Hume's N. ^ E. 



2nd ed. iii, p. 153 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 37 ; Salvadori, Ann. 



Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) iv, p. 671 ; Littledale, Jour. Bom. N. H. Sac. i, 



p. 195. 

 Spilornis undulatus, Gtirney, Ibis, 1878, p. 90. 

 Spilornis rutherfordi, Sxvinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 85 ; Blyth 8c Wald. 



Birds Btirm. p. 60; Hume, S. F. iii, p. 28 ; v, p. 10 ; Hwne ^ Dav. 



S. F. y\, p. 14 ; id. Cat. no. 39 ter ; Bingham, S. F. ix, p. 144 ; 



Oates, B. B. ii, p. 194 ; id. in Hume's N. ^ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 156 ; 



C7-i2yps, S. F. xi, p. 11. 



South-Indian and Ceylonese Race. 



Falco albidus, Cuv. Temm. PI. Col. pi. 19 (1824). 



Buteo melanotis, Jerdon, Madr. Jour. L. S. xiii, p. 166 (1844). 



Hsematornis spilof^aster, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxi, p. 351 (1852) ; 



Layard, A.M.N. H. (2) xii, p. 100. 

 Spilornis spilogaster, Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 243 ; Blanford, J. A. S. B. 



xl, pt. 2, p. 270 ; Hume, 8. F. vii, p. 512 ; id. Cat. 39 bis a ; Legge, 



Birds Ceylon, p. 61 ; Parker, Ibis, 1886, p. 182 ; Oates in Hume's! 



JSr. Si- E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 157. 

 Spilornis bacha, apud Jerdon, Ibis, 1871, p. 335 ; Holdsworth, P. Z. S. 



1872, p. 412. 

 Spilornis minor, Hume, N. Sr E. p. 42 (1873). 

 Spilornis melanotis, Shar2)e, Cat. B. M. i, p. 289 ; Hume ^ Bourd. 



S. F. iv, p. 358 ; Fairbanh, S. F. v, p. 392 ; Gtirney, Ibis, 1878, 



p. 97 ; Davidson ^ Wenden, S. F. vii, p. 74 ; Ball, ibid. p. 199 ; 



Hume, ibid. p. 340 ; id. Cat. no. 39 bis ; Jldal, S. F. ix, p. 32 ; 



Butler, ibid. p. 373 ; Davison, S. F. x, p. 337 ; Oates in Hume's N, 



«§• E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 156 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 37. 



Andaman Race. 



Hsematomis cheela, Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 314; Ball, J. A.S. B, 



xxxix, pt. 2, p. 240. 

 Spilornis bacha, ajjud Hume, Rough Notes, p. 230, pt. 

 Spilornis davisoni, Hume, S. F. i, p. 307 (1873) ; ii, pp. 147, 491 ; 



iv, p. 281 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1878, p. 98 ; Hume, Cat. no. 39quat. 

 Spilornis rutherfordi, apud Walden, Ibis, 1873, p. 298. 



Furj baj, Dogra Chil, H. (Saharanpur) ; Tilai baj, Sabchur, B. ; Nalla 

 pamuia gedda, Tel ; Botta Genda, Gond ; Goom, Can. ; Mtirayala, Mahr. ; 

 Rajaliya, Cing. ; Kadumbien, Tam. (Ceylon) ; Doun-zoon, IJunnese. 



Coloration. Adidt. Crown and nape with full crest black, basal 

 half or more of the feathers white ; nape-feathers generally tipped 

 with brown ; lores nearly naked, bearing a few black bristles onlyj 

 ear-coverts blackish ashy ; npper parts dark brown with a rich 

 purple or ruddy gloss ; smaller wing-coverts blackish, generally 

 with small white spots ; quills blackish, with three bars brown 

 above, whitish below, that farthest from the base of the feathers is 

 by far the broadest, and is 3 or 4 inches from the tips, the basal 

 two are sometimes confluent ; upper tail-coverts tipped white, 

 as are sometimes the back-feathers, scapulars, and secondary- 

 quills ; tail brown at the base, thence almost black, with one broad 

 white or whity -brown bar, tip pale ; lower parts brown, some- 

 times dark umber, sometimes pale and tawny, sometimes rufous ; 



