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4. Falco lunulatus. 



TliP, White-fronted Falcon. 

 LunateJ Falcon, Lath. Gen. Syn., Suppl. ii, p. Si (ISOl). 

 Falco limulatus, Lath. Ind. Orn., Suppl. ii, p. 13 (1801) ; id. Gen. Hist., 



vol. i, p. 227; Shai'-, Gen. Zool, vol. vii, p. 184 (1809); Gray, 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. xi, p. 189; St rick-/. Orn. Syn., p. 



89 (1855); Gould, Hand-hk. Bds. An.'<tr., p. 29, sp. 10 (1865); 



Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1867), p. 393; Srhleg. Mns. Pays-Bas, 



Eevue Accipitr., p. 39 (1873) ; SharjJe, Cat. Bds., Brit. 3fus., vol. 



i, p. 398 (1874) ; id. Proc. Zool Soc. (1875), p. 339; Ramsay, 



Proc. Zool. Soc. (1875), p. 579 ; Broadb. Proc. Roy. Soc, vol. ii, 



p. 119 (1886) ; Ra)nsay, Tab. List Austr. Bds., p. 1 (1888); id. Proc. 



Linn. Soc. N.S. W., vol. ii, 2nd ser., p. 165(1888) ; North, op. cit., 



vol. iii, 2nd ser., p. 1773 (1889) ; id. Nests d- Egrjs, Anstr. Bds., 



p. 19 (1889) ; Cox and Ham. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W:, vol. iv, 2nd 



ser., p. 398 (1890) ; Sharpe, Index Gould's Works, p. 109 (1893) ; 



Nortli a.nd Keartl., Ares Horn Exped. Centr. Aus., p. 55 (1896) ; 



KeartL, Vict. Nat., vol. xiii, p. 62 (1896); Everett, Nov. Zool., 



vol. iii, p. 597 (1896). 

 Sparvius lunulatus, Vieill. Noiiv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., torn, x, p. 324 



(1817) ; id. Enc. Meth., p. 1264 (1823). 

 Falco frontatus', Gonid, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1837, p. 139; id. Syn. Bds. 



Austr. pt. iii, pi. 40, fig. 1 (1838) ; id. Bds. Aiisir., pi. 10 (1848) ; 



Sturt, E.vj)ed. Centr. Attstr., vol. ii, App., p. 14(1849); Schlerj. 



Naumannia (1855), p. 253 ; id. Vog. Ned. Ind. Valkv., pp. 5, 146, 



pi. 2, figs. 4-6 (1866) ; Dig<jhs, Orn. Austr., pt. ii (1869). 

 Falco longipennis, Swains. Anim. in Menag., p. 341 (1837). 

 Hypotriorcbis frontatus, Gray, Gen. Bds., vol. i, p. 20 (1845); id. List 



Bds. Brit. Mus. Accijntr., ■p. 5i; Bona]). Consp. A v., torn, i, p. 



25 (1850) ; Kaup. Isis (1847), p. 65 ; id. Contr. Orn. (1850), p. 55 ; 



Bonap. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. (1854), p. 535 ; Wallace, Proc Zool. 



Soc (1863), p. 484. 

 Falco subbuteo frontatus, Schleg.'Mus. Pays-Bas. Falcones, p. 22 (1862). 

 Hypotriorcbis lunulatus, Wcdlace, Ibis (1868), p. 5 ; Gray, Hand-list 



Bdx., vol. i, p. 20 (1869) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii, p. 36 



(1878) ; id. Orn. Pap. et Molucc, vol. i, p. 34 (1880) ; Gurney, Ibis 



(1882), p. 153; id. List Diurn. Bds. Prey, p. 103 (1884) ; Salvad. 



Aggiunte Orn. Pap. et 3Iolucc., pt. i, p. 14 (1889) ; Gurney, jim., 



Cat. Bds. Prey, p. 29 (1894). 

 Falco religiosus, Temm. Mus. Lugd. (var. nigra) Bonap. Consp. Av., 



torn, i, p. 25 (1850); Sharpe, Cat. Bds., vol. i, p. 397 ; Gurney, 



List Diurn. Bds. Prey, p. 102 (1884). 



Adult male. All the upper surface slaty-blue, being darkest 

 on tbe shoulders and interscapular region ; lightest andincliuing 

 to lead-colour on the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, and of 

 a dark brownish tinge on the head ; lores and forehead white, or 



