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Under wing and tail-coverts whitish ; thighs 

 reddish white. 

 71e. Astur etorques jyulchellus Ramsay, Jnl. Linn. 

 Soc.,xvi., p. 131(1881). 

 Ramsay's Goshawk. 



h. Above paler ashy grey ; crown bluish ; tail 

 miiform ; below j)aler salmon colour, with 

 remains of white bars on breast, more numerous 

 on abdomen. 



72. Astur sylvestris (Wall.), P.Z.S.. 1863, pp. 484, 

 487. 



Flore s Goshawk. 



i. Above bluish grey ; tail with 5 or 6 blackish 

 bars ; below salmon rufous, with white cross 

 bars. 



73. Astur badius badius (Gmel.), S.N., i., p. 280 

 (1788). 



Cevlonese Shikra. 



Solomon Is. 

 (Cape Pitt, 

 Florida Is., 

 Guadalcanar, 

 Ysabel Is.) 



Lesser Sunda 

 Is. (Flores). 



Ceylon. 

 Travancore. 



Larger and lighter grey. 



73a. Astur badius dussumieri Temm., PI. Col., livr. Whole of 



52, pi. 308 (1824) Indian 



Shikra Peninsula. 



73b. 



73c. 



Above paler bluish ; below with broader and 



brighter vinous bands. 



Asttir badius polio psis (Hume), Stray 



Feathers, ii., 1874. p. 325. 



Hunle's Shikra. 



Tail slightly longer and more barred. 

 Astur badius cenchroides Severtz, Turkist. 

 Jevotn., p. 63 (1873). 

 Severtzow's Shikra. 



Burma, 



Assam, 



Cachar, 



Tenasserim, 



Siam, and 



Gambojato 



to Cochin 



China, 



Formosa. 



Central Asia 

 (Turkestan), 

 Baluchistan, 

 E Persia and 

 Punjab, Sincl 

 (winter). 



