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266. Microhierax fringillarius Drap., Diet. Class. 

 d'Hist. Nat. VI., p. 412. pi. 5 (1824). 

 [" Indes " — type loc. sugg. Malacca] 

 Malayan Pigmy Falcon. 



Slightly larger ; wing S 4.30, ? 4.75 ; 

 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. 



267. Microhierax melanoleucus melanoleucus 

 Blyth, Jnl. As. Soc. Beng. XII., pt. 1, 

 p. 179* (1843). [Assam.] 



Black and White Pigmy Falcon. 



Malay 



Peninsula, 



Java, 



Sumatra, 



Sarawak. 



Assam, 

 Cachar to 

 Indo- 

 china ? 



Size similar ; wing ad. 4.25 ; similar, but 

 having an irregular white nape band and 

 with more black on sides of body. [See pi. 

 8 Oiseaux de la Chine, David et Oustalet, 

 1877]. 

 267a. Microhierax melanoleucus sinensis Sharpe, China. 

 Ibis, 1875, p. 254 [new name for M. 

 chinensis, David, Bull. Soc. Philom. Seance 

 27 Fevr. 1875, {Kiangsi)]. 



Size of M. fringillarius ; (wing ad. 4 in.) ; 

 greater part of crown as well as forehead 

 white ; region round eye black ; cheeks 

 white ; no white stripe on sides of neck ; 

 below paler than in M. fringillarius^ but 

 sides and thighs black. 

 268. Microhierax lalifrons Sharpe, Ibis 1879, N. Borneo, 

 p. 237 [Lawas River and Lumbidan], type 

 in Brit. Mus. 

 White-headed Pigmy Falcon. 



Size similar ; wing (^ 4, $ 4.25 in. ; above 

 greenish black ; primaries barred with 

 white on inner webs in S, uniform black 

 in ? ; cheeks, ear-coverts, sides of neck 



