1850.] Conspectus of the Ornithology of India, 319 



Remark. This species is very closely affined to the African F. 

 biarmicus, Tern., to which Mr. Strickland (in epistold) refers as 

 synonymes F. peregrinoides, Tern., F. chiqueroides, Smith, F, Feldeggi 

 et F. lanarius, Schlegel, F. rubeus, Thienemann, and F. cervicalis, 

 Kaup. "The only difference I can find," he adds, "between F. 

 juggur and F. biarmicus, is that the former has the tibial plumes 

 uniform dark brown at all ages, while F. biarmicus has them cream- 

 coloured or white, like the rest of the under-parts, with a small brown 

 spot on the centre of each feather." The name F. biarmicus occurs 

 in Mr. Vigne's list of birds procured in Kashmir and Little Tibet, 

 P. Z. S. 1841, p. 6 ; and the name F. peregrinoides in Mr. G. R. 

 Gray's Catalogue of the birds presented by Mr. Hodgson to the British 

 Museum : but the specimen referred to in the latter instance is not 

 indicated by that name in the same gentleman's second and improved 

 catalogue of the whole collection of Raptores in the British Museum. 

 Dr. Schlegel remarks that his F. lanarius is closely affined to F. biar- 

 micus, " mais elle s'en distingue constamment par les teintes. II parait 

 aussi que la premiere remige est, proportions garde'es, un peu plus 

 longue dans le Lanier que dans l'espece du Cap." 

 B. With shorter caudal feathers. 

 18. F. peregrinus, L. (PL Enl. 421, 430, 469, 470). 

 Syn. F. barbarus, L. 



F. gyrfalco, L., Faun Suec, p. 23, No. 64. 1 apud Schle- 

 F. lanarius, Pennant, Brit. Zool. I, 221. J gel. 



F. communis, Brisson. 



F. hornoticus et F. ater, Gmelin. 



F. lunulatus, Daudin. 



F. cornicum, Brehm. 



F. calidus, Latham (India). 



F. puniceus, Lev. (S. Africa), apud G. R. Gray. 



F. anatum, Bonap. (N. America). 



Bauri, female, Bauri Batcha, male. H. ; Raja Wali t 

 Malay (perhaps the next species) ; Sikap Lang, 

 Sumatra (ditto) ; Laki Angin of the Passummahs 

 (Ditto, Raffles). 



Hab. Warm, temperate, and moderately cold climates of both 

 hemispheres ; though a plurality of affined races certainly exist : those 



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