of Assam Mammalia and Birds. 373 
Sub-Fam. FALCONINE. © ~~) [ore 
Genus Fatco, Linn. &e. > | ’ : 
4. Fatco inTerstinctus. Supra leté ferrugineus nigro fas- 
ciatus ; subtus dilutior subflavescens ; pectore abdomineque nigro 
viltatis ; capile nigro lineato ; rectricibus pogoniis singulis nigro 
fasciatis, fascid caudali terminali latiore ferrugineo. marginaid ; 
remigibus nigricantibus margine fasciisque interioribus ferrugt- 
nets. 
“ Brown striated Falcon. Upper part of the body and wing 
coverts brown, with blackish bars across the feathers, but on the 
head the stripes are longitudinal; quill-feathers blackish ; inner mar- 
gin barred with pale ferrugineous; tail-feathers transversely barred 
with black ; below paler, inclining to dusky-yellow, except the breast 
and sides, which are marked with longitudinal brown spots. En- 
tire length fourteen inches.”— McClelland’s MS. 
The bird here described, to which Mr. McClelland has given the 
specific name of inéerstinctus, agrees in many points with the female 
of F. Tinnunculus; but from the observations hitherto made, it 
would appear that it is entitled to distinction by the fact that the 
sexes have not the same difference in markings and external charac- 
ter which belongs to the European and Asiatic Kestrils. The re- 
searches made by Col. Sykes in the Dukhun confirm the determi- 
nation of Mr. McClelland. Col. S. mentions, in the Catalogue of 
Birds from Dukhun, “his being in possession of a male bird exactly 
like the female Kestril in plumage and size, and consequently larger 
than the male Kestril’; and as this was shot from a party of five or 
six perched on the same tree, and without a male Kestril in com- 
pany, he is induced to believe that there is a distinct species, in which 
both sexes have the plumage of the female European Kestril.” 
The museum of the East India Company has received specimens 
from Madras agreeing accurately with those collected by Mr. McClel- 
land, but further observations are required to determine whether 
Mr. McClelland’s bird deserves to be ranked as a distinct species. 
Sub-Fam. BuUTEONINZE. 
Genus Circus, Auct. 
5. Circ. melanoleucus. Falco melanoleucus, Gmel. Linn. I. 274. 
Black and White Indian Falcon, Penn. Ind. Zool., Pl. 2. Engl. Ed. 
“ This bird is a fisher, like the Brown Spizaétus above described ; 
but instead of inhabiting the banks of rivers, it is found in low inun- 
dated places, where it feeds, with Waders, on Reptiles and Mollusca, 
as well as on Fishes.”—WeClelland’s MS. 
Sub-Fam. MiLvina. 
Genus Mitvus, Auct. 
6. Milvus Govinda, Sykes? 
“The primary quill-feathers are blackish-brown at their tips; 
every other part of their plumage is brown. It is a common Kite in 
Assam, as in every other part of India.”—.MeClelland’s MS. 
