178 DR. J. J. KAUP ON NISI AND ASTUKES. [Jan. 24, 



white belly and red cere and feet. The wing is 214 mm. long, and 

 is thus as large as that of U. erythrauchen. 



As regards Ace. rufitorques, Peale, I suspect it to be identical 

 with A. erythrauchen. Gray ; but I do not know whether the name 

 rufitorques is the older one. 



Sectio ASTURES. 



Of this group only two species have hitherto been found in the 

 Indian archipelago ; for the question whether Leucos^nza novce-hol- 

 landice nests there has not yet been settled. 



LoPHOSPizA, Kaup. 



These birds resemble Teraspiza with respect to the short point of 

 the wings, which is equal to one-fourth the entire length of the wing. 

 The first four primaries on the inner vane emarginated a trifle. 

 Digits clad with three to four little shields before the nails. Middle 

 digit short, as long as the short part of the tarsus, covered with 

 coarse and wide shields in front and behind. Tibial plumes project- 

 ing but very little. 



1. LOPHOSPIZA TRIVIRGATA, Rcinw. 



Falco trivirgatus, Reinw. PL Col. 303. 



Astur indicus ( $ ), Hodgs. Beng. Sport. Mag. 1838, p. 85. 



A. cristatus, G. R. Gray, Aim. Nat. Hist. 1848, p. 371. 



A. (Lophospizd) trivirgatus, Kp. Falc. p. 187. 



A. trivirgatus, Schleg. Valkv. p. 57, t. 10. 



Resembles Teraspiza virgata, and has the same habitat. Its 

 white-edged upper tail-coverts or feathers recall Ace. gabar and Ace. 

 monograinmicus. 



Hah. Common on the continent of India and in the archipelago. 



2. LoPHOSBJZA GRiSEiCEPS, Tcmm. 



Falco griseiceps, Temm. MS. 



Astur griseiceps, Schleg. Valkv. t. 1 1 ; Wall. Ibis, 1864, p. 184, 

 pi. 5. 



A. trivirgatus griseiceps, Bp. Consp. p. 31. 



Hab. Celebes. 



The generic appellation does not accord with this species — a feature 

 which it has in common with many hundred species of other birds. 



Leucospiza, Kaup. 



"With bent cere, and a strikingly high beak abruptly bent. Middle 

 digit covered entirely with a shield, rather shorter than the more 

 slender tarsus, as far as the latter is covered with a shield. First 

 five primaries indented. When young these birds, like the Uraspizce, 

 whose place they occupy amongst the Astures, have a large number 

 of narrow bands on the tail, which disappear entirely with age. The 

 chest also has bands when young. 



