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Creserelle des MoluqueS; Temm. & Schi. Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 3 (1850). 



Tinnunculus alaudarius, Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. Mus- E. I. Co. i, p. 13 (1854). 



Falco moluccensis, Schi. Mus. P. B. Falcones p. 28 (1862) : id. Vag. Nederl. Ind. pp. 6, 47, pl. 1, figs. 3—5 



(1866): id. Revue, Accipitr. p. 42 (1873). 

 Cerclineis moluccensis, Sharpe, Cat. B. i, p. 430. 



a. h. cf ad. Halmahera. 



c. ad. Gane, Halmaliera, Marcli 1873. 



Suborder PAJ^DIONES. 



14. Fandion leucocepJialus. 



Pandion leucocepbalus, Gould, Syn. B. Austr. pl. iii, pl. 6 (1838): Qray, Gen. B. i, p. 17 (1845): Gould, 

 B. Austr. \, pl. 6 (1848): Bp. Consp. Av. i, p. 16 (1850): Strickl Orn. Syn. p. 65 (1855): Gould, 

 Handh. B. Austr. \, p. 15 (1869): ScM. Vog. Nederl. Ind. pp. 12, 52, pl. 3, fig. 3 (1866): Wall. 

 Ibis, i8ü8, p. 15: Graij, Handl. B. i, p. 15 (1869): Sharpe, Cat. B. i, p. 451 (1874): Bamsay, Cat. 

 Austr. B. Austr. Mus. i, p. 62 (1876): Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. XII, p. 34 (1878). 



Pandion gouldi, Kaup. Isis, 1847, p. 270. 



Pandion lialiaetus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Chic. Genov. X, p. 118 (1877). 



a. cT juv. Halmaliera. 



h. ad. Andei, New Guinea, July 1873. 



c. 'S ad. Manem, Matoor, Blarch 1873. 



Since tlie pnblication of my Catalogue some ornitbologists have urged that tlie small Australian 

 Osprey is not specifically distinct from the European and American bird. The smaller size, bowever, seems 

 to be such a constant cbaracter that I believe more and more in its specific value. Dr. Meyer 's specimens 



measure as foUows. 



Total length. -n-ing. tail. tarsus. 



a. 'S juv. Halmahera 433. 425. 180. 47. 



h. ad. Andei 483. 432. 178. 50. 



c. d ad. Mafoor 458. 423. 172. 50. 



Suborder STRIGES. 



Farn. BUBONIDJE. 



15. Scops leucospila. 



Ephialtes leucospilus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 344: Wall. Ibis, 1868, p. 25. 

 Scops magicus, Schi. Mus. P. B. Oti, p. 22 (1863): id. Revue Accipitr. p. 11 (1873). 



Scops leucospila, Gray, Handl. B. i, p. 46 (1869): Sharpe, Cat B. ii. p. 72, pl. VI. (187,5): Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. 

 Genov. XII, p. 40 (1878). 



a. 6. cT 9 ad. Gane Halmahera. 



c. 'S juv. Halmahera. 



Agrees with the type from ßatehian in the British Museum. The young bird has the white under 

 surface like the nestling figured in the plate in my 'Catalogue'. 



