75d. 
75e. 
76. 
SR. 
+*77a. 
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Astur etorques misoniensis (Salvad.), Ann. 
Mus. Civ. Genov., vii., p. 904 (1875). 
[Misorz I.] 
Misori Goshawk. 
Smaller and more delicate grey above. 
Astur etorques pulchellus Ramsay, Jnl. Linn. 
Soc., xvi., p. 131 (1881). [Solomon Is. | 
Ramsay’s Goshawk. 
Under wing and tail-coverts whitish ; 
thighs reddish white. 
Astur sylvestris (Wall.), P.Z.S., 1863, pp. 
484, 487. [Flores, type in B. M.] 
Flores Goshawk. 
Wing ¢ 187, 2 205 mm. ; above paler ashy 
grey ; crown bluish ; tail uniform ; below 
paler salmon colour, with remains of white 
bars on breast, more numerous on abdomen. 
Astur badius badius (Gmel.), S.N.,i., p. 280 
(1788). [ex. Brown—Ceylon. | 
Ceylonese Shikra. 
Wing ¢ 172-177, 2203 mm. ; above darkish 
blue grey ; tail with 5 or 6 blackish bars ; 
below salmon rufous, with white cross bars. 
Astur badius dussumieri Temm., Pl. Col., 
livr. 52, pl. 308 (1824). [India = Bengal, 
type in Paris Mus.] 
Shikra. 
Larger ; 
above lighter grey, below paler rufous. 
wing 3 180-200, 9 210 mm.; . 
Is. of Misori, 
N.W. New 
Guinea, 
Jobi I. (?) 
Solomon Is. 
(Cape Pitt, 
Florida I., 
Guadalcanar, 
Ysabel I.) 
Lesser Sunda Is. 
(Flores). 
Ceylon. 
Travancore. 
Whole of 
Indian 
Peninsula. 
