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Gen. XCI. NEOHIERAX gen. nov. 

 Type Poliohierax insignis Walden. 



Tail longer and more rounded than in PoUhierax, 

 outer pair of feathers very short ; wing with 

 2nd primary longest, first nearly equal to thitd, 

 4th shorter. 



286. Neohierax insignis (Walden), P.Z.S., 1871, Burma, 



p. 627. ITongoo, Upper Burma, type in N. Tenasserim 



Walden Coll.] Indo-Chinese 



Burmese Pigmy Falcon. countries. 



Wing (J 145 mm., tail 130 mm. ; ^ above 

 black ; head and hind neck grey with black 

 shaft stripes ; rump and upper tail 

 coverts white ; quills and tail with white 

 spots on inner webs ; below white ; ? head 

 and mantle bright ferruginous red. 



Gen. XCII. SPIZIAPTERYX Kaup (1851). 

 Type by monotypy Harpagus circumcinctus Kaup. 



Bill with tooth not distinct ; nostrils round with 

 central tubercle ; outer toe longer than inner ; 

 middle toe very short ; 3rd and 4th primaries 

 nearly equal, fourth longest ; distance between 

 tips of primaries and tips of secondaries less than 

 half the length of tail. Size small (length 11.50 

 in.). 



*287. Spiziapteryx circumcinctus (Kaup), P.Z.S., Argentina. 

 1851, p. 43. [Chile, errore = Argentina.^ 

 Spot-winged Falcon. 



Wing (J 172-175, ? 178 mm. ; tail 145 mm. ; 

 above ashy brown with black central 

 streaks, the head blackish brown ; rump 



