Raptorial Birds of the Malay Archipelago. 5 



Amid these conflicting opinions, and as I have to deal with 

 very few genera, I think it best to arrange the Owls in a simple 

 series, beginning with the small species {Athene and Ephialtes) 

 and ending with the genus Stricc. 



Order ACCIPITRES, Linn. 



Family FALCONID^. 



Subfamily Falconing. 



Falco, Linn. 



Falco peregrinus, Gmel. 



Hub. Java [Schleffel) , Sam&tra. {Rajffles), India (Jerdon). 

 The Peregrine Falcon appears to occur rarely in the western 

 islands of the Archipelago. 



Hypotriorchis, Boie. 



1. Hypotriorchis severus (Horsf.) ; F, aldrovandi, Reinw.; 

 Temm., PI. Col. 128. 



Hab. Macassar, d", Salwatty, $ {Wall.)] Java {Mus. Lugd.); 

 Philippine Isles, North India {Jerdon). 



{ 6 ) Bill pale at base, dusky lead-colour at tip ; iris, cere, 

 orbits, chin, and feet yellow. ( $ ) Bill black ; cere and orbits 

 pale yellow ; feet pale orange-yellow. 



This species is found in India and the Philippines, and most 

 probably occurs occasionally in every island in the Archipelago. 



2. Hypotriorchis lunulatus (Lath.) ; F.frontatus, Gould, 

 B. Aust. i. pi. 10 ; F. lunulatus, Gould, Handb. B. A. i. p. 29. 



Hab. Y\ove^ {Wall.); Ceram {Mus. Lugd.); Australia (Gom/(/). 



My specimen from Floras exactly agrees with one from South 



Australia ; and Prof. Schlegel says the same of his Ceram spe- 



mens. 



TiNNUNCULUS, Vicill. 



TiNNUNCULUs MOLUCCENSis, Ilomb. & Jacq., Voy. Pole 

 Sud, pi. i. f. 2; Falco moluccensis, Schleg., Mus. P.-B. Fal~ 

 cones, p. 28, Valkv. Nederl. Ind. pi. i. fig. 3, 4, 5. 



Hab. Celebes, all the Moluccas, Flores, Timor, and Coram 

 {Wall.) ; Borneo {Mus. Lugd.); Java {Dc Bocarme). 



Bill lead-colour, tip black ; cere and orbits pale yellow ; feet 

 bright pale yellow. 



