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jP. hornoticus et F. ater, Gmelin. 

 F. lunulatus, Daudin. 

 F. abietinus, Bechstein. 

 F. calidus, Latham. 

 F. anatum, Bonap. 



Bauri, H. (female) : Baiiri Bat(^a (male), H. : Raja 



Wall, INIalay : Sikap Lang, Sum. : Laki Angin of the 



Passummahs. 



Hab. Northern hemisphere chiefly: common in India, many 



adults remaining in Lower Bengal during the cold season, and especially 



frequenting the vicinity of jheels, to prey on the water-fowl which resort 



to them ; hence they are tolerably numerous in the Sundarbans. 



A. B. Adult males : C. Adult female. From the vicinity 

 of Calcutta (1843-7). 



B. Adult female (in had order). From Nepal. Pre- 

 sented by B. II. Hodgson, Esq. (1842). 



E. Young male (not good). F. G. Two young females. 

 From S. India, Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. (1844). 



64. F. MELANOGENYS, Kaup (Gould's B. A. Vol. I, pi. 8.) 



Syn. F. macropus, Swainson. 

 Hab. Australia. 



A. Young male. Presented by Mr. Benson (1846). 



65. F. PEREGRiNATOR, Sundcvall (Jerdon's III. Ind. Zool.^l. 12, 28.) 



Syn. F. shahin, Jerdon. 



F. sultaneus, Hodgson. 



F. ruber indicus, Aldrovand. 

 S/idhin ('royal'), female; Kdeld ('charcoal'), male: H. 

 Hab. India generally ; chiefly the hilly parts : much more rare 

 in Lower Bengal than F. 'peregrirms. 



A. Female, middle-aged. From the vicinity of Calcutta 

 (1846). 



B. Another, younger. From S. India. Presented by T. 

 C. Jerdon, Esq. (1842). 



C D. Two specimens (imperfect). From Nepal. B. 

 H. Hodgson, Esq. (1842). 



66. F. CHicauERA, Shaw (Lev. Ois. d'Afr., t 30 ; Gould's Century, 

 pi. 2). 



Syn. F. rvficollis, Swainson. 

 F. cirrhatiis, var., and 

 Fasciated Falcon, Latham. 



Probably F. biarmicus apud Vigne, P. Z (S. 1841, p. 6. 

 Tarmati, {Turumtee, Jerdon ; Toomtra, Burnes) ; 

 female ; Chetwa or Chetoya, male : H. 

 Hab. Asia and Africa ; very rare in the S. of Europe : common 

 in India. 



A. Adult male. B. Adult female. C. Young male. D. 

 Young female. From the vicinity of Calcutta (1842-6). 



