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Gen. XCI. NEOHIERAX gen. nov. 
Type Poliohierax insignis Walden. 
Tail longer and more rounded than in Poltierax, 
outer pair of feathers very short; wing with 
2nd primary longest, first nearly equal to third, 
4th shorter. 
286. Neohierax insignis (Walden), P.Z.S., 1871, 
p. 627. [Tongoo, Upper Burma, type in 
Walden Coll. ] 
Burmese Pigmy Falcon. 
Wing ¢ 145 mm., tail 130 mm.; ¢ above 
black ; head and hind neck grey with black 
shaft stripes; rump and upper tail 
coverts white ; quills and tail with white 
spots on inner webs ; below white; @ head 
and mantle bright ferruginous red. 
Burma, 
N. Tenasserim, 
Indo-Chinese 
countries. 
Gen. XCII. SPIZIAPTERYX Kaup {1851). 
Type by monotypy Harpagus circumcinctus Kaup. 
Bill with tooth not distinct ; nostrils round with 
central tubercle ; outer toe longer than inner ; 
middle toe very short; 3rd and 4th primaries 
nearly equal, fourth longest ; distance between 
tips of primaries and tips of secondaries less than 
half the length of tail. Size small (length 11.50 
in.). 
*287. Spiziapteryx circumcinctus (Kaup), P.Z.S., 
1851, p. 43. [Chile, errore =Argentina.] 
Spot-winged Falcon. 
Wing ¢ 172-175, 2178 mm. ; tail 145 mm. ; 
above ashy brown with black central 
streaks, the head blackish brown ; rump 
Argentina. 
