182 



(not constant), and with more black on 

 sides of body. [See pi. 8, Oiseaux de la 

 Chine, David et Oustalet, 1877.] 



283. Microhierax latifrons Sharpc, Ibis, 1879, N. Borneo, 

 p. 237, pi. vii. [Lawas River and Lumbidan, 



type in Brit. Mus.] 

 White-headed Pigmy Falcon. 



Size of M . fringillarius ; (wing ad. 102 mm.); 

 greater part of crown as well as forehead 

 white ; region round eye black ; cheeks 

 white ; no white stripe on sides of neck ; 

 below paler than in M. fringillarius, but 

 sides and thighs black ; tail unbarred. 



284. Microhierax erythrogenys erythrogenys (Vi- N. Philippine Is 

 gors), P.Z.S., 1831, p. 96. [Luzon, type in (Luzon, 



Brit. Mus.] Mindoro, 



Luzon Pigmy Falcon. Negros, Bohol). 



Size similar ; wing ^ 102, $ 108 mm. ; 

 above greenish black ; primaries barred 

 with white on inner webs in ^, uniform 

 black in ? ; cheeks, ear-coverts, sides of 

 neck and under surface silky white, the 

 sides, flanks, thighs and lower under tail- 

 coverts black ; tail entirely black. 



*284a. Microhierax erythrogenys meridionalis Ogil- S. Philippine Is. 



vie Grant, Ibis, 1897, p. 220. [S Zambo- (Samar, Cebu, 



anga, S. Mindanao, type in Brit. Mus.] Mindanao). 

 Samar Pigmy Falcon. 



Larger ; wing ^ 108-113 ; $ 117-122 mm. ; 

 under wing-coverts and inner webs of 

 primaries^ uniform black in S \ belly, vent 

 and under tail-coverts washed with pale 

 fulvous. 



^ Characters not constant in this form. A ^ in Tring Mus. from Dahaun, 

 Mindanao, has inner webs of primaries barred with white. 



