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female : and II. Young male. Calcutta. (Society's old 

 collection). 

 I. Female; from S. India. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. (1844), 

 J. Male. K. L. Two females ; from Darjiling. C. S. 

 Bonnevie, Esq. (184G). 



M. Male. N. Female (very fine) ; from Algiers. Pre- 

 sented by M. A. Malhcrbe (1848). 



95. A. NisoiDEs, Blytli {J. A. S. XVI, 727). 



Syn. Faico soloi'iisis (?), Horsfield, 



F. cuculoides (?), Temminck, P. C. 110, 129. 

 Sumatran Ace. fringillarius of the Appendix to Lady 

 Raffles's memoirs of Sir T. S. Raffles, p. 549. 



Sikap Ballam (?), Sum. : Allap Allup Lallar (?), Jav. 

 Hab. Malayan peninsula. 



A. Presumed adult female ; from INIalacca : presented by 

 R. W. G. Frith, Esq. (1847). 



96. A. viRGATUS (Jerdon's III. Ind. Zool. pi. 4, 29), 



Syn. Falco virgatus, Temminck, P. C. 109. 



Nisus minutKs, Lesson (apud G. R. Gray). 

 A. besra, Jerdon ; and the female, 

 A. fringillarius apud Jerdon, Catal. 

 A. Dussumieri apud Sykes. 



Basra (diminutive of Buz, ' Goshawk'), and the male 

 — Dharti ('a handful', or 'held in the hand'), Hitid. 

 IIab. India generally, but cliiefly the hilly parts ; also the jMalay 

 countiies : rare and accidental in Lower Bengal. 



A. Adult male, from Masuri ; purchased (1846). 



B. Adult female (toes injured), from Darjiling ; C. S. 

 Bonnevie, Esq. (1847). 



C. Younger adult male (bad) ; and D. female, from 

 Darjihng. Mr. Webb (1844). 



E. Young male ; from the neighbourhood of Calcutta. 

 Presented by Willis Earle, Esq. (1844). 



F. Do., from S. India: T. C. Jerdon, Esq. (1842). 



97. A. MiNui.Lus (Livaillant, Ois. d'Afr. t. 34). 



Syn. Falco udnullus, Daudin. 

 Hab. S. Africa. 



A. Specimen in immature plumage. Presented by G. F. 

 Cathcart, Esq. (1836). 



Genus Micronistjs, G. R. Gray. 



98. M. badixjs {PL Col. 308, 336). 



Syn. Falco hadius, Gmelin. 

 F. Brow mi, Shaw. 



F. Dussumieri, Temminck (aec apud Sykes's or Jerdou's 

 Catalogues). 



