358 



Ibis, 1884, p. 407 ; Gates, B. B. ii, p. 193 ; id. in Hume's N. #:.;#.- 



2nd ed. iii, p. 153 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 37 ; Salvadori, Ann. 



Mm. Civ. Gen. (2) iv, p. 571 j Littledale, Jour. Bom. N. If. Soc. i, 



p. 195. 



Spilornis undulatus, Gurney, Ibis, 1878, p. 90. 

 Spilornis rutherfordi, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 85; Blyth 8f Wald. 



Birds Burm. p. 60; Hume, 8. F. iii, p. 28 ; v, p. 10 ; Hume $ Dav. 



S. F. vi, p. 14 ; id. Cat. no. 39 ter ; Bingham, S. F. ix, p. 144 ; 



Oates, B. B. ii, p. 194 ; id. in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 156 ; 



Crippsj S. F. xi, p. 11. 



South-Indian and Ceylonese Race. 



Falco albidus, Cuv. Temm. PL Col. pi. 19 (1824). 



Buteo melanotis, Jerdon, Madr. Jour. L. S. xiii, p. 166 (1844). 



Hajmatornis spilogaster, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxi, p. 351 (1852);. 



Layard, A. M. N. H. (2) xii, p. 100. 

 Spilornis spilogaster, Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 243 ; Blanford, J. A. S. B. 



xl, pt. 2, p. 270 ; Hume, S. F. vii, p. 512 ; id. Cat. 39 bis A ; Legge, 



Birds Ceylon, p. 61 ; Parker, Ibis, 1886, p. 182 ; Oates in Hume's 



N. # E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 157. 

 Spilornis bacha, apud Jerdon, Ibis, 1871, p. 335 ; Holdsivorth, P. Z. S. 



1872, p. 412. 



Spilornis minor, Hume, N. $ E. p. 42 (1873). 

 Spilornis melanotis, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 289 ; Hume 8f Bourd. 



S. F. iv, p. 358 ; Fairbank, S. F. v, p. 392 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1878, 



p. 97 ; Davidson 8f Wenden, S. F. vii, p. 74; Ball, ibid. p. 199; 



Hume, ibid. p. 340; id. Cat. no. 39 bis; Tidal, S. F. ix, p. 32; 



Butler, ibid. p. 373 ; Davison, S. F. x, p. 337 ; Oates in Hume's N. 



$ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 156 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 37. 



Andaman Race. 



Hsematornis cheela, Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 314; Ball, J. A. S. B r 



xxxix, pt. 2, p. 240. 



Spilornis bacha, apud Hume, Rough Notes, p. 230, pt. 

 Spilornis davisoni, Hume, 8. F. i, p. 307 (1873) ; ii, pp. 147, 491 ; 



iv, p. 281; Gurney, Ibis, 1878, p. 98 ; Hume, Cat. no. 39quat. 

 Spilornis rutherfordi, apud Walden, Ibis, 1873, p. 298. 



Furj baj, Dogra Chil, H. (Saharanpur) ; Tilai baj, Sabchur, B. ; Nalla 



pamula gedda, Tel ; Botta Genda, Gond ; Goom, Can. ; Murayala, Mahr. ; 

 Rajaliya, Cing. ; Kadumbien, Tarn. (Ceylon) ; jDoun-zoon, Burmese. 



Coloration. Adult. Crown and nape with full crest black, basal 

 half or more of the feathers white ; nape-feathers generally tipped 

 with brown ; lores nearly naked, bearing a few black bristles only; 

 ear-coverts blackish ashy ; upper parts dark brown with a rich 

 purple or ruddy gloss; smaller wing-coverts blackish, generally 

 with small white spots ; quills blackish, with three bars brown 

 above, whitish below, that farthest from the base of the feathers is 

 by far the broadest, and is 3 or 4 inches from the tips, the basal 

 two are sometimes confluent ; upper tail-coverts tipped white, 

 as are sometimes the back-feathers, scapulars, and secondary 

 quills ; tail brown at the base, thence almost black, with one broad 

 white or whity-brown bar, tip pale; lower parts brown, some- 

 times dark umber, sometimes pale and tawny, sometimes rufous ; 



