2 DESCRIPTIONS OF S03IE NEW SPECIES OF BIRDS. [1844-45. 



Dimensions. inches. 



Wing 11 



Tail 10 



laisus oxo 



Hallux 1-1% 



Middle toe Inj 



Bill from gape l-ro 



„ » 'base 1 



If my bird should on comparison be found distinct from alho-ni(jer, I propose the name 

 malayanus* . 



Madr.Journ. BUTEO (But.\STER) FASCUTUSf, n. sp. 



^' * 140 ^^^ interesting raptorial bird, seemingly belonging to the group ButasterX, Hodgson, 



was sent to me from Malacca, and which I now describe as probably new, under the provi- 

 sional name of fasciatm. Plumage above deep smoky brown ; lores brown cinereous, and so 

 distinct in hue from the surrounding feathers as to be readily remarked ; a white superciliary 

 stripe commences over the middle of the ears, a few of the feathers springing from the nostrils 

 having white shafts and centres. The throat and chin are white, a black stripe extending longi- 

 tudinally from the chin down the middle of the throat ; a parallel black stripe bounds the white 

 on each side ; the upper part of the breast is of a uniform brown, but the lower part, the belly 

 and flanks, thigh-coverts and vent, have each of their respective feathers alternately and trans- 

 versely banded with light brown and white, presenting a fasciatcd appearance ; the shafts of these 

 feathers are deep brown, and preserve a uniform colour, even when passing through tlie white. 

 The upper tail-coverts are of a similar hue with the rest of the upper parts, though some of 

 them in my specimen are broadly tipped with white. The tail is smoky brown, broadly barred 

 with three distinct transverse black bands, and one much fainter near the base ; the shafts of 

 the tail-feathers are light or dark as they pass through either the light or dark parts of the tail. 

 The under shoulder-coverts are marked with light rufous-brown upon a white ground; the 

 under basal half of the wing is white, the tips of the primaries are black, while the quills are 

 crossed by two or three straggling dark bands ; the first quill is two thirds the length of the 

 wing, and much shorter than the second, which is a little shorter than the fifth, the third and 

 fourth being equal and longest. The bill is black, witli the gape and basal half of the lower 

 mandible dirty yellow in the dried skin ; the tarsus is feathered a little beyond the knee and 



covered by octagonal scales. 

 Mudr. .Journ. Dimensions. inches. 



Lit.&Sc. Total lenfjth l\\ 



xiii. p. 147. 



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Wing 13 



larsus ^10 



Middle toe lii; 



llallux lA- 



Bill from base l-iV 



» » gape ll^ 



Tail 8 



• [=Ni3aclus alboiii'jer, Bl. — Ed.] t l=Poliorms indicus (Gm.). — Ed.] J Now PuUomii. 



