FALCO SEVEKUS. 



(THE INDIAN HOBBY.) 



Falco severus, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 135 (1822) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1863, p. 8 ; Schl. Vog. 

 Nederl. Ind., Valkv. pp. 4, 45, Taf. 2. figs. 2, 3 (1866); Eadcliffe, Ibis, 1871, p. 366; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 397 (1874); Bourdillon, Str. Feath. 1876, p. 354. 



Falco aldrovandii, Temm. PL Col. i. pi. 128 (1823). 



Falco ritjipedoides, Hodgs. Calc. Journ. N. H. iv. p. 283 (1844). 



Falco guttata, Gray, Cat. Accipitr. Brit. Mus. p. 26 (1844). 



Hypotriorchis severus, Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 20 (1844); Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 14 

 (1849); Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. i. p. 22 (1854); Jerd. B. of Ind. i. 

 p. 34 (1862) ; Wallace, Ibis, 1868, p. 5 ; Hume, Rough Notes, i. p. 87 (1869) ; Holds- 

 worth, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 410 ; Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 33 (1872). 



The Severe Falcon, ajnid Horsf. & Moore. 



DIuiti (female), Uhuter (male), Hind. 



A llap-A llap- Ginjeng, Java. 



. Idult male. Length to front of cere 10-3 to 105 inches ; culmen from cere 0*65 ; wing 8 - to 9*0 ; tail 4-5 : tarsus 1*1 



to 1*2 ; middle toe 1-2, claw (straight) OS ; height of bill at cere 0' 



I u • 8t ray Feathers,' vol. iv. p. 355, the wing of a male shot in Travancore is given at 9-25. This is most exceptional, or 

 it is a misprint for female. Two Ceyloneso examples, one of which, on account of its small size, must be a male, 

 measure 8'6 and 9*0. Three males in the Norwich Museum, from the Philippines and Java, measure 8-3, 8 - 6, 

 and 8 - 7 ; two others in the British Museum do not exceed 8 - 3 ; Jerdon, however, gives the wing of a male as 9"l '. 

 from which I have taken the above limit. 



FALCO CHICQUEEA. 

 (THE RED-HEADED MERLIN.) 



Falco chicquera, Daud. Traite, ii. p. 121 (1800, ex Levaill.) ; Less. Traite, p. 90 (1831); Gould, Cent. B. Him. Mts. 



pi. 2 (1832); Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 14 (1849); Sharpe, Cat. Birds, i. p. 403 (1874). 

 ffypotriorchis chicquera, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 20 (1844J; Kelaart, Prodromus, Cat. p. 115 ; Layard, Ann. & Mag. Nat. 



Hist. L853,xii.p. 102; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. i. p. 23 (1854) : Jerd. B." of Ind. i. p. 36(1862); 



Holdsworth, P. /. S. L872, p. 410 ; Butler, Str. Feath. 1875, p. 444. 

 .Kaiilon chicijiiera, Kaup, Class. 8aug. u. Vog. p. Ill (1844). 

 'hicquera typus, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 536; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 19 (1873). 

 Turumtia ckicq\era, Blyth, Ibis, 1803, p. 9. 



Lithofalco chic<jti,nt, Hume, Rough Notes, i. p. ill ( IN70); Anderson, P. Z. 8. 1871, p. 081. 

 Toorumtee, Europeans in India. 

 Turumti, Turumtari, Tutri mutri (female), Chetwa (male), Hind.; Jellaganta, Jelgadda, Telegu ; JelJcat, Yerklees 



(apud Jerdon). 



Adult male. Length (from skin) to front of cere 10-5 inches : culmen from cere 0"7 ; wiug 7 - 9 to 8-1 ; tail 5-0 : tarsus 

 1-3 to 1-5 ; middle toe 1-3, claw (straight) 0-4S ; height of bill at cere 0-35. 



