6 Mr. Alfred R. Wallace on the 



Varies considerably in the colour and markings of the tail, 

 some specimens from Celebes and Timor showing an approxima- 

 tion to T. alaudarius. 



HiERAX, Vigors. 



1. HiERAX CyErulescens (Linn.); PI. Col. 97; Schleg.^Mus. 

 P.-B. Falcones, p. 33. 



Hab. Malacca, Sumatra {Wall.); Borneo, Java {Mus.Lugd.). 

 Iris dark ; bill and feet black. This pretty little bird feeds on 

 small reptiles and insects, and even occasionally devours fruit. 



2. HiERAx SERICEUS (Kittl., Mem. Ac. Petersb. 1835, pi. 1) ; 

 Falco gironieri, Eydoux, Voy. Bonite, Ois. pi. 1. 



Hah. Philippine Islands {B.M.). 



Subfamily Accipitrin^. 

 AsTUR, Lacep. 

 {Lophospiza, Kaup.) 



1. AsTUR TRiviRGATtJs (Reiuw.) ; PI. Col. 303; Schleg., 

 Mus. P.-B. Astures, p. 32. 



Bill black, base lead-colour; iris and cere orange-yellow; cheeks 

 and orbits olive; feet yellow. Length 15 inches. 



Hab. Java {Wall.) ; Borneo, Sumatra {Mus. Lugd.) ; India 

 [Jerdon) ; Philippine Is. {B. M.). 



2. AsTUR GRisEicEPs, Schlcgcl, Mus. P.-B. Astures, p. 23 ; 

 Wallace, Ibis, 1864, p. 184, pi. 5. 



Bill black, base beneath lead-colour ; iris golden orange ; cere 

 and orbits lead-colour, tinged with yellow ; feet lemon-yellow. 

 Hah. Celebes (Macassar and Menado) {Wall.). 



{Leucospiza, Kaup.) 



3. AsTUR NoviE-HGLLANDiiE (Guiel.) ; Gould, B. Austr. i. 

 pi. 15 ; Schleg., Mus. P.-B. Astures, p. 20. 



Hab. New Guinea {Mus.Lugd., S.Muller) ; Australia {Gould). 



AcciPiTER, Briss. 

 {Teraspiza, Kaup.) 

 1. AcciPiTER viRGATus (Tcmm.) ; Pi. Col. 109, 6 ; Nisus 

 virgatus, Schleg., Mus. P.-B. Astures, p. 32. 



