Birds. 100 



PI. 168. Hirundo peruviana, Forst., Descr. Anira., p. 240 



(1844 : Otaheitee). 

 This figure is intended to represent Collocalia francica (Gm.) : 

 cf. Ilartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., xvi., p. 502 (note). 



Ellis' Drawings. 



William \Y. Ellis accompanied Capt. Cook on his third 

 voyage, as an artist. His Drawings of Birds consist of 96 

 illustrations, mostly coloured, and are very passably executed 

 (cf. Hist. Coll. Brit. Mus., I., Libraries, p. 35). 



PI. 7. Oriental Falcon, Lath., Gen. Syn., i., p. 34 (1781); 

 " in the possession of Mr. Banks." 

 uncle Falco orientalis, Gm., Syst. Nat., i., p. 264 (1788) 



(cf. Sharpe, Cat. B., i., p. 376). 

 " Flew on board off Japan. W. W. Ellis ad viv. del. et 

 pinx., 1779." 

 A young Peregrine Falcon. 



PI. 8. Strix funerea. 



= Surnia funerea (Linn.) (cf. Cat. B., ii., p. 131). 

 Sandwich Sound, N.W. Coast of America. 



PI. 9. Tabuan Shrike, Lath., Gen. Syn., i., p. 164 (1781). 

 unde Lanius tabuensis, Gm., Syst. Nat., i., p. 306 (1788 



Aplonis tabuensis, Sharpe, Cat. B., xiii., p. 130. 

 "The Friendly Isles, 1778." 

 The Tabuan Shrike was described by Latham from a 

 specimen from Tongatabu in the Leverian Museum, probably 

 the identical one figured by Ellis. 



PL 10. " Pulo Condore. W. Ellis ad viv. delin 1 et pinx., 1780." 

 = Cittocinclda mavis (Scl.) (cf. Sharpe, Cat. B., vii., p. 85). 



PL 11. Parrakeet. " From Middleburgh." 



On the plate is written in MS. : " Lath., vol. i., p. 214, no. 16." 

 On referring to this volume we find the Tabuan Parrot figured 

 (PL vii.), = Psittacus tabuensis, Gin., Syst. Nat., i., p. 317 (1788), 

 =Pyrrhulopsis tabuensis (Gm.) ; cf. Salvad., Cat. B., xx.. p. 494. 



Another MS. note on Ellis' plate refers the species to 

 Psittacus hjsginus, of Forster, which Count Salvador! thinks may 

 have been intended for the bird now called PyrrhtUopsis Jtordo< nsis, 

 Layard (cf. Salvad., i.e., p. 496). This may be the case, but 

 Ellis' figure is not P. tabuensis, as there is no sign of a blue 

 collar. 



