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F. minutus (?), L. 



F. Brissonianus (?), Shaw. 



Bdzra (diminutive of Baz, ' Goshawk'), and the male, 



Dharti (a 'handful,' or held in the hand), H. ; 



Vaishtapa Dyaga, Telugu (Jerdon) ; Ur chilli, 



Tamuly Halapyk caste (Jerdon). 



Hab. India generally, but chiefly the hilly parts ; also the 



Malay countries : rare and accidental in Lower Bengal. 



Genus Micronisus, G. R. Gray. 



43. M. badius (Tem. PL Col. 308, 336). 



Syn. Falco badius, Gmelin. 

 F. Brownii, Shaw. 



F. Dussumieri, Tem. (nee apud Sykes's or Jerdon' s Cata- 

 logues) . 

 Accipiter dukhunensis, Sykes. 

 Nisus malayensis, Meyer. 



Calcutta Sparrow-hawk and Chippuck Falcon, Latham. 

 Shikrd (from Shikdrkardan, to pursue game), female ; 

 Chippak (or Chipkd, Jerdon, from the voice), male, 

 H. ; Thin-kyet, Arakan (Phayre). 

 Hab. India generally, Burmese and Malay countries ; being very 

 numerous throughout India and in Ceylon : not uncommon in Afghan- 

 istan. 



Genus Astur, Bechstein. 



44. A. palumbarius (PI. Enl. 418, 423, 461 ; Gould's B. E. pi. 17). 



Syn. Falco palumbarius et F. gentilis, L. 

 F. gallinarius, Gmelin. 

 F. albescensy Boddaert. 

 Accipiter astur, Pallas. 

 Astur gallinarum, Brehm. 



Bdz or B&s-Kh&ni, female ; Jurrd, male ; H. (N. B. 

 The Karangosh is probably a variety.) 

 Hab. Europe and Asia, rare in N. Africa : in India confined, or 

 nearly so, to the Sub-Himalayas. 



leads us to suspect that our No. 42 is intended. As Mr. G. R. Gray classes F, 

 soloensis, Horsf. (v. F. cuculoides, Tem.), in Micronisus, it cannot well be our 

 No. 41, as formerly suspected. 



