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*4. Accipiter virgatus (Terum.). 



An adult female (No. 42) from Hili Madjeio, Nov. 25th. 

 »lris yellow, bill bluish black, cere and feet yellow. 

 Native name: Nah-oero fo-o-tolu^ 



5. Spilornis Salvadorii Berlepsch. 

 Spilornis Salvadorii Berlepsch, Novit. Zool. II, p. 73 (1895). 



Two adult males, one (N". 225) obtained at Lahagoe, 

 February 11th, the other (N". 247) at Lolowoe, Tadora, 

 February 22nd. 



Both specimens agree with the description as given by 

 Graf vou Berlepsch , as far as the small size and the pale 

 general color are concerned, the first having the wing 28, 

 the second 31 cm, long; but there is no essential difference 

 in the width of the white nor of the black tail-band , both 

 bands being narrower than in <S. pallidxis , in the same 

 proportion as the tail is shorter. The same observation may 

 be made with regard to the black tips of the primaries. 

 The bill, which seems to Graf von Berlepsch to be paler 

 than in S. paUidus , is not paler in our two specimens. 



»Iris yellow, bill bluish black, cere and feet yellow. 

 Native name: Fo-o-toh,'" 



6. Haliastur intermedius Gurney. 



Falco pondicerianus Nieuwenh. & Rosenb. Versl. Eil. Nias, p. 19. 

 Haliaatnr ijidus Rosenb. Mai. Arch. p. 219. 

 Haliastur intermedius Salvad. Ucc. di Nias , p. 524. 

 Haliastur indus intermedius Oust. I.e. p. 119. 



An adult male (N". 105) from Goenoeng Sitoli, Dec. 20th. 

 »Tris yellow, bill yellowish white, feet yellow. Native 

 name: Moio.'" 



7. Ketupa minor ^ n. sp. 



Ketupa j'avanensis Salvad. Ucc. di Nias, p. 526; Oust. I.e. p. 119. 



Similar to Ketupa javanensis , but considerably smaller , 

 and the fore-part of the crown paler. Salvadori (1. c.) al- 



Notes from the I^eyden IVIuseuixi, Vol. XVIII. 



