BIRDS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ASIA.'. 



Ch'oa or Mat Chil (' Meadow Kite'), Bens;. 

 (?eneric) : Kutar, aud Kulehsir (capped), Hind 

 S/iJid Sira (' vvhite-headecl'), and Tih:i Bav.ri 

 (Hawk with the tika frontal mark), (B Ham). 

 Inhabits Europe, Asia, and Africa. 



C.cyaneus {GouU's B. E.?>2,y 



Syn. Falco cyaneus, Linn. 



F. bohemicus, albicans, griaeus, et montanus, 



Gmelin, &c. &c. 

 F. uliginosus, (?), Gmelin. 



Tupoos, or Moosh-Jchor (rat-eater), of Kabul 

 (Burnes). Inhnbits Europe and middle Asia : 

 replaced on the plains of India by the next 

 species. 



C. Swainsonii, A. Smith (Gould's B. E. pi. 

 34.) 



6Yif. C. pallidns, Sykes. 



C. dalmatious, Ruppell, 

 O. albescens, Lesson. 

 Falco herbsecola, Tickell ?) 

 F. cyaneus, var, A. Latham. 



Dast-mal (' hand-soiler'), Hind. : Teea 

 (Buines, from the voice), Derajat : Pandouvi 

 (B. Ham.) ; Inhabits India and Africa ; very 

 rare in Europe. Less Common in Lower Ben- 

 gal than C. cinerascens. 



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



Stn. Falco cinerascens, Montagu. 

 C. Montagui, Vieillot. 



Inhabits Europe, Asia, and Africa : all In- 

 dia ; Ceylon. 



C. melanoleucos. 



Syw. Falco melanoleucos, Pennant. 



Pahatai, H : Ahlah Petaha {' Pied Har- 

 rier'? ; Petaha, Ssc, probably from the voice), 

 Nepal, (H.) Thin-hya, Arracan. Inhabits India 

 generally inclusive of Ceylon. 



Genus POLIORNIS, Kaup. 



P. teesa. (Eardw. III. Ind. Zool.) 



Btm. Circus teesa, Franklin. 

 Astur hyder, Sykes. 

 Znggun Falcon, Latham. 



Tisa, or Teesa, (from the voice), Hind. Inha- 

 bits plains of India, where very abundant : 

 never met with on the mud-soil of Lower Ben- 

 gal, though appearing immediately this is quitted 

 in a westerly direction : Tenasserim provinces ; 

 Malacca ? 



Subfam. ACCIPITKINJ;, 

 Genuf ACCIPITEK, Ray. 

 Acc. nisus{Pl. Enl. 467, 412\ 



BIN. Falco nisus, L. 



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

 A. fiingillarius, Ray. 



A. Dussumieri apud Jerdon, Madr. Jours. X, 84^. 

 Bassuu Falcon, Latham. 



Basha, female ; — Bashin, male — Hind. In- 

 habits Europe, Asia, and N. Africa ; ia India, 



numerous in the hilly parts, rare and accidental 



on the alluvium of Lower Bengal. 



A. nisoides, Blyth, (J. A. S. XVI, 727.) 



SYPf, Kalco foloPDsis (?), Horsfield. 



F. cuculoides (?), Temminck, P, 0. 110,129. 

 Suraatr-in Acc. tVinjjillarius of the Appendix to 

 Lady Raffles's Memoirs of Sir T. S, Raffles, p. 

 54.9. 



Si^ap Ballam (?), Sum. • Allap Allap Lul- 

 lar (?) Jav. Inhabits Malayan Peninsula. 



A. virgatus (Jerdon's hid. Zool. pi. 4' 

 29). 



Sin. Falco \irgKtus, Temminck, V. C, 109. 



Plisus mimitus, Lesson (apud G. R. Gray), 

 A. besra, Jerdon ; and the female. 

 A_ fringillarius apud Jerdon Catal. 

 A. Dussumieri apud Sykes. 



Basra (dimunitive of Baz, ' Goshawk'), and 

 the male — Dhasti (' a handful', ' or held in the 

 hand'). Hind. Inhabits India generally, but 

 chiefly the hilly parts ; also the Malay coun- 

 tries : rare and accidental in Lower Bengal. 



Genus MICRONISUS, G. E. Gray. 



Jlf. ladins, {PI. Col. 308, 336). 



Sin. Falco badius, Gmelin. 

 F. Brownii, Shaw, 



F. Dussumieri, Temminck (nec apud Sykes's or 



Jerdon's Catalogues). 

 Accipiter dukhunensis, Sykes. 

 Calcutta Sparrow-hawk and Chippnck Falcon, 

 Latham, 



Skihra, from shikar harna, to pursue game), 

 female, 67ii/i^MC/4: (or ChipJca Jerdon, from the 

 voice), male H. ThinJcyet-ma, Arracan. Inha- 

 bits India generally and Malay countries, being 

 numerous throughout India, and in Ceylon ; 

 not uncommon in Afghanistan. 



Genus ASTUR, Bech stein. 



A palumbarius {PI. Enl. 418, 461, 423). 

 Stn. Falco p-lurabarius et F. gentilis, L. 



F. gallinarius, Gmslin. 



F. albescens, Boddaert. 



Accipiter astur, Pallas. 



Baz or Baz Khani, female. Jurra, male, Hind. 

 The Kurungosh is probably a variety. Inha- 

 bits Europe and Asia : in India, confined (or 

 nearly so) to the sub-Himalayas. 



A. trivirgatm {PI Col. 303). 



Bin, Falco trivirgatus, Reinwardt. 

 I Aatur indicus, Hodgson. 



•■ ■ A. palumbarius apud Jerdon Madr, Journ. Mo, 

 I XXIV, 85. 



S, cristatns, G. R. Gray, 



Spizaetas rufitinctus, McClelland, P. Z. S, 1839. 

 Gar (fort or Mountain) Bdzra^ Manik (es- 

 teemed) Bazra, Koteswar, (fort-chieftain), H, : 

 Chmali, frequenting peaks), Nepal. Inhabits 

 India and Malay countries ; being confined to 

 the hilly parts. 



Subfam. THRASAETIN^. 

 Genus PSEUDASTUR, jUlyth, 



