from the Island of Palawan. 195 



Mr. Whitehead procured a large series of this new Par- 

 rakeet. 



4. [B.^ P.] ASTUR TRIVIRGATUS. [W.] 



5. [B.] Spizaetus limnaetus. [W.] 



6. [B., P.] BUTASTUR INDICUS. [E.^ W.] 



7. [B., p.] Haliaetus leucogaster. [W.] 



8. SpilorniSj sp. 



A wing only sent. It is too large for S. pallidas, and yet 

 does not belong to S. holospilus; it may belong to a bird 

 distinct from both. 



9. [B.^ P.] Pernis ptilonorhynchus. [W.] 



10. [B., P.] Falco peregrinus. [W.] 



Mr. Whitehead states in a letter to me that he noticed a 

 Peregrine on the island. He also saw a Harrier, which he 

 believes to have been Circus spilonotus. 



[B., P.] Pandion haliaetus. [W.] 

 Seen, but not obtained. 



11. t Baza leucopias, sj). n. ,J^ 

 Juv. Similis B. sumatrensi, jr., sed subtus alba ; linea me- 



diana gutturali nulla, abdomine minime transfasciato 

 distinguenda. 

 Young female. General colour above brown, with whitish- 

 brown margins to the feathers; lesser wing-coverts brown, 

 the inner ones rufous, with brown centres; median and 

 greater coverts pale rufous, white externally towards the 

 ends and round the tips ; bastard-wing dark brown, exter- 

 nally rufous ; primary-coverts uniform dark brown ; quills 

 dark brown, fringed with white round the ends, and crossed 

 with blackish-brown bars, four in number, one subterminal ; 

 secondaries paler brown, externally rufous ; upper tail-coverts 

 tawny rufous, edged with white and with dark brown centres ; 

 tail-feathers dark brow^n, narrowly fringed with white at the 

 ends, and crossed with blackish bands, the subterminal one 

 very broad, but not nearly so wide as the preceding inter- 

 space ; a crest of white feathers, the long ones freckled with 



