Birds. 199 



PI. 168. Hirundo peruviana, Forst., Descr. Anim., p. 240 



(1844 : Otaheitee). 

 This figure is intended to represent Collocalia francica (Gm.) ; 

 cf. Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., xvi., p. 502 (note). 



Ellis' Drawings. 



William W. Ellis accompanied Capt. Cook on his third 

 voyage, as an artist. His Drawings of Birds consist of 96 

 illustrations, mostly coloured, and are very passably executed 

 {cf. Hist. Coll. Brit. Mus., I., Libraries, p. 35). 



PI. 7. Oriental Falcon, Lath., Gen. Syn., i., p. 34 (1781) ; 

 " in the possession of Mr. Banks." 

 unde Falco orientalis, Gm., Syst. Nat., i., p. 264 (1788) 



(cf. Sharpe, Cat. B., i., p. 376). 

 " Flew on board off Japan. W. W. Ellis ad viv. del. et 

 pinx., 1779." 

 A young Peregrine Falcon. 



PI. 8. Strtx funerea. 



= Surnia funerea (Linn.) {cf. Cat. B., ii., p. 131). 

 Sandwich Sound, N.W. Coast of America. 



PI. 9. Tabuan Shrike, Lath., Gen. Syn., i., p. 164 (1781). 

 unde Lanius tahuensis, Gm., Syst. Nat., i., p. 306 (1788). 



Aplonis tahuensis, Sharpe, Cat. B., xiii., p. 130. 

 "The Friendly Isles, 1778." 

 The Tabuan Shrike was described by Latham from a 

 specimen from Tongatabu in the Leverian Museum, probably 

 the identical one figured by Ellis. 



PI. 10. " Pulo Condore. W. Ellis ad viv. delin* et pinx., 1780." 

 = Cittocinchla suavis (Scl.) {cf. Sharpe, Cat. B., vii., p. 85). 



PI. 11. Parrakeet. " From Middleburgh." 



On the plate is written in MS. : " Lath., vol. i., p. 214, no. 16." 

 On referring to this volume we find the Tabuan Parrot figured 

 (PI. vii.), =PsiUacus tahuensis, Gm., Syst. Nat., i., p. 317 (1788), 

 = Pyrrhulopsis tahuensis (Gm.) ; cf. Salvad., Cat. B., xx., p. 494. 



Another MS. note on Ellis' plate refers the species to 

 Psittacus hysginus, of Forster, which Count Salvadori thinks may 

 have been intended for the bird now called Pyrrhulopsis Tcordoensis, 

 Layard {cf Salvad., t.c, p. 496). This may be the case, but 

 Ellis' figure is not P. tahuensis, as there is no sign of a blue 

 collar. 



