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[back chestnut browTi in both sexes accor- 

 ding to Heuglin]. 

 270a. Poliohierax semitorquatiis castanonotus Abyssinia. 

 Heugl., Ibis, 1860, p. 407. [Mere Belenia, 

 White Nile]. 

 Abyssinian Pigmy Falcon. 



Larger ; wing ^ 5.7 in. ; (J above slaty 

 blue with black shaft lines ; no white collar 

 on hind neck ; rump and upper tail- 

 coverts white ; tail with 3 bands of white, 

 except on central feathers ; below white, 

 with black shaft lines, the flanks washed 

 with grey ; ? head and mantle bright 

 ferruginous red. 

 271. Poliohierax insignis Walden, P.Z.S., 1871, Burma, 

 p. 627. [Tongoo, Upper Burma, type in Indo- 

 Walden Coll.] Chinese 



Burmese Pigmy Falcon. Provinces. 



Gen. LXXXII. SPIZTAPTERYX Kaup (1851). 



Nostrils round with central tubercle ; outer toe 

 longer than inner ; middle toe very short ; 

 distance between tips of primaries and tips of 

 secondaries less than half length of tail. 



Length ad. 11.5 ; wing 6.35 ; tail 5.7 in. ; 

 above ashy brown, the head blackish 

 brown ; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 creamy white ; wing-coverts with blackish 

 central streaks and spots of white on 

 each web ; quills blackish with large spots 

 of white ; tail black, all but central 

 feathers spotted on outer and barred on 

 inner web with white ; sides of face, eye- 

 brow and hinder part of cheeks white ; 

 below ashy white, with blackish central 

 streaks. 

 272. Spiziapteryx circumcinctus Kaup, P.Z.S., Argentina. 

 1851, p. 43. [Chile, errore = Argentina]. 

 Spot- winged Falcon. 



