330 Conspectus of the Ornithology of India, [No. 4. 



C. albescens. Lesson. 

 Falco cequipar, Cuvier, M.S. 

 Falco cyaneus, var. A., Lesson. 

 F. herbcecola (?), Tickell. 



Dast-Mal (' Hand-soiler'), H. ; Tid (from the voice), 

 Derajat (Burnes) ; Pandouvi (Buch. Ham.) 

 Hab. S. E. Europe, Asia, and Africa : common in India. 

 Remark. This species is regarded by Dr. Schlegel as merely a local 

 variety of the next ; but the two are about equally common in most 

 parts of India in the same localities, and a practised eye distinguishes 

 them readily in any state of plumage. In Lower Bengal, we have 

 found C. cinerascens to be the more abundant. 



38. C. cinerascens (Gould's B. E. pi. 35). 



Syn. Falco cinerascens et cineraceus, Montagu. 



C. Montagui, Vieillot. 

 Hab. Europe, Asia, and Africa; all India; Ceylon. Common. 



39. C. melanoleucos (Pennant's Indian Zoology, pi. 2.) 



Syn. Falco melanoleucos ; Pennant. 



Pahatai, H. ; Ablak Petaha (* Pied Harrier'), Petaha, 

 &c. (probably from the voice), Hind. ; Thin-kya, Arakan 

 (Phayre). 

 Hab. India generally, Ceylon, Arakan, Tenasserim provinces. 

 Remark. The sexes of this bird are alike, and we have never seen 

 the young, or examples in any state of plumage but the fully adult ; 

 although this species is common in Lower Bengal. 



Subfam. ACCIPITRIN.E. 

 Genus Accipiter, Ray. 



40. A. nistjs, Pallas (PL EnL 467, 412 ; Gould's B. E. pi. 18). 



Syn. Falco nisus, L. 



F. lacteus, Gmelin. 



F. nisosimilis, Tickell, J. A. S. II, 571. 



A. fringillarius, Ray. » 



A. Dussumieri apud Jerdon, Madr, Journ. X, 84. 



Nisus communis, Cuvier. 



