#281. 
+282. 
282a. 
181 
Microhierax fringillarius (Drapiez), Dict. 
Class. d’Hist. Nat. VI., p. 412, pl. 5 (1824). 
(““ Indes ’’—type loc. sugg. Malacca. ] 
Malayan Pigmy Falcon. 
Wing 3 90, 9 102 mm. ; without the white 
collar on hind neck; no white eyebrow 
but sides of neck with a white patch ; 
cheeks and ear-coverts forming a large 
rounded patch of black; chest white ; 
abdomen and under tail-coverts pale chest- 
nut, the longer under tail-coverts and 
whole flanks glossy black ; tail with 5 or 6 
white bars on inner webs, first one con- 
cealed; wing quills spotted rather than 
barred on inner webs. 
Microhierax melanoleucus melanoleucus 
(Biythy,. Jml. As. Sec. Beng. XIE, pt. 1, 
p. 179* (1843). [Assam.] 
Black and White Pigmy Falcon. 
Slightly larger; wing ¢ 108, 2 121 mm. ; 
above glossy black ; forehead, narrow line 
above eye and down side of neck as well 
as entire under parts white; cheeks and 
ear-coverts as well as sides of breast black ; 
thighs white ; wing quills broadly banded 
with white on inner webs ; tail with 5 or 6 
white bars on inner webs. 
Microhierax melanoleucus sinensis Sharpe, 
Ibis, 1875, p. 254 [ex M. chinensis, David, 
Bull. Soc. Philom. Séance 27 Fevr. 1875 
(pub. 1877), (Kiangsi Prov.)]). 
Chinese Pigmy Falcon. 
Size similar ; wing ad. 108 mm. ; similar, 
but having an irregular white nape band 
S. Tenasserim, 
Malay Peninsula 
Java, Sumatra, 
Borneo. 
Assam, 
Cachar to 
Indo-China ? 
S; China. 
