284. 
*284a. 
182 
(not constant), and with more black on 
sides of body. [See pl. 8, Oiseaux de la 
Chine, David et Oustalet, 1877.] 
Microhierax latifrons Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, 
p. 237, pl. vii. [Lawas River and Lumbidan, 
type in Brit. Mus.] 
White-headed Pigmy Falcon. 
Size of M. fringillarius ; (wing ad. 102 mm.); 
greater part of crown as well as forehead 
white ; region round eye black; cheeks 
white ; no white stripe on sides of neck ; 
below paler than in M. fringillarius, but 
sides and thighs black; tail unbarred. 
Microhierax erythrogenys erythrogenys (Vi- 
gors), P.Z.S., 1831, p. 96. [Luzon, type in 
Brit. Mus.] 
Luzon Pigmy Falcon. 
Size similar; wing ¢ 102, 2 108 mm. ; 
above greenish black; primaries barred 
with white on inner webs in g, uniform 
black in 2; cheeks, ear-coverts, sides of 
neck and under surface silky white, the 
sides, flanks, thighs and lower under tail- 
coverts black; tail entirely black. 
Microhierax erythrogenys meridionalis Ogil- 
vie Grant, Ibis, 1897, p. 220. [g¢ Zambo- 
anga, S. Mindanao, type in Brit. Mus.] 
Samar Pigmy Falcon. 
Larger ; wing ¢ 108-113; 9? 117-122 mm. ; 
under wing-coverts and inner webs of 
primaries! uniform black in g; belly, vent 
and under tail-coverts washed with pale 
fulvous. 
1 Characters not constant in this form. A ¥Y in Tring 
Mindanao, has inner webs of primaries barred with white. 
N. Borneo. 
N. Philippine Is. 
(Luzon, 
Mindoro, 
Negros, Bohol). 
S. Philippine Is, 
(Samar, Cebu, 
Mindanao). 
Mus. from Daliaun, 
