BIRDS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ASIA. 



Bangnu^ and Bandhnu, Hind, (names refer- 

 ring to a mode of dyeing silk, whence handhana 

 handkerchiefs, &c.) Inhabits Eastern Archipela- 

 go (Malayan peninsula apud Kaffles, but this 

 very doubtful). 



E. novae guinew. 



Sin. Psil tacus novae euinese, Latham. 7 ti. 



Ps. Hter Scopoli. | The young. 



Ps. batavensis, Latham, — the adult. 



Inhabits N. Guinea. 



Genus TRICIIOGLOSSUS ; Vigors and 

 Horsfield. 



Tr. kcematodes (J. and S., III. Oni., 1st 

 series, pi. Ill ; Pi. Enl. 61). 



Cyn. Psitfaeus haematodes, L. 



Psittaca amboineusis varia, Brisson. 



Inhabits the Moluccas ; Amboyna. There 

 have been seen several individuals devoid of the 

 dusky marginings to the pectoral feathers, des- 

 cribed as characieristic of this species. 



Order II. EAPTORES. Tribe DIURNiE. 

 Pam. FALCONIDiE. Sub-Fam, EALCON- 



Genus EALCO, Lin. 



F. gyrfalco, L. {Pi. Enl. 210 : Gould's B. 



:b. pi.) 



Sin. F. islandicus, Brunnich. 

 F. candicans, Omelin. 

 J?, groenlandicus, liancock, 



Shanger, Hind. Inhnbits northern regions. 

 F- juggur, Gray, (Hardw. III. Ind. Zool.) 



Syn. t'. luggur, Jerdon, 

 Juggur Falcon, and probably also Justin 

 Falcon, Latham. Jhaggar, male ; Laggar^ fe- 

 male ; Uind : Luggadoo (Jerdon), Telegu. In- 

 habits India generally. Common along the 

 banks of the Ganges above the tideway ; rare 

 and accidental in Lower Bengal within the 

 rench of the tides. 



F. peregrinus, L. (PI. Enl 421, 430, 469, 

 470;. 



Syn. F. barbarus, L. 



F, communis, Brisson. 



F. hornoticus and F. ater, Gmelin. 



F. lunulatus, Uandin. 



F. abietinus, Bechbtein. 



F. calidus, Latham. 



F. anatnni, Bouap, 



Ba,uri, H. (female) : Bauri BatcJm (male), 

 H. : Uaja W'ali, Malay ; Sika2} Lang, Sum. • 

 Lagi Angin of the Passummahs. Inhabits the 

 Northern hemisphere chiefly : common in India, 

 many adults remaining in Lower Bengal dur- 

 ing the cold season, and especially frequenting 

 the vicinity of jheels, to prey on the water-fowl 

 which resort to them ; hence they are tolerably 

 numerous in the Suuderbaus. 



F. peregrinator, Sundevall (Jerdon's III. 

 Ind. Zool. pi. 12, 28.) 



SYN. F. shahin, Jerdon. 



F. sultaneus, Hodgson. 



F. rubei ludicus, Aldrovand. 



Shahin ('royal') female \Koela{'' charcoal'), 

 male: H. Inhabits India ^ener;dly ; cliiefly the 

 hilly parts : much more rare in Lower Bengal 

 than i'. peregrinus. 



F. cMcqiiera, Shaw (Lev. Ois d'Afr., t. 30 i 

 Gould's Century, pi. 2). 



BYN. F. ruficollis, Swainson. 

 F. cirrhatus, var., and 

 Fasfi:ited falcon, Latham. 



Probably F. biarraicus apiid Vignf , P. Z. S. 1841 



p. 6. 



Tarmati, ( Turumtee, Jerdon , 

 Toomtra, Burnes), female ; Chetwa or Chetoya; 

 male : H- Inhabits Asia and Atrica ; very rare 

 in the S. of Europe : common in India. 



Sub-genus HYPOTEIORCHIS, Boie. 



H. severus (PI. Col. US. J 



SyN" Faico severus, Horsfleld. 

 F. Aldrovandi. Iteinwardt. 

 F. guttatus, G. R. Gray. 

 F. rufipedoides, Hodgson. 



Jhuter quseie ( Jdta, ' there goes ?'), H. : 

 Allap Allap Gingeng, Jav. Inhabits Hima- 

 laya, Java, Philippines : visiting the plains of 

 Lower Bengal in the cold season, where some- 

 what rare- 



H- subhiiteo. 



Syn. FhIco snbbuten, \j. 

 F. barletta, Dnndin. 

 F. pinetarius, Shaw ? 



Karjanna, H.: Surhhpushtak (' rufons-vent'), 

 of Kabul (Burnes). Inlmbits Europe, Asia, and 

 Africa : visits Lower Bengal in the cold season 

 where far from common. 



Subgenus TINNUNCULUS, Vieillot. 



T- alaiidarius. 



Syn. Falco alaudnrius, Brisson. 

 F. tinnunculu^, Linnaeus. 

 F. intt-rstinotus, McClelland. 

 F, fasciatup, Betzius. 

 F. brunnens, Bechstein. 



Khurmutia, Kurroivtia, Karontea, and Nav' 

 zi-Narzanak (' tete a tete'), H. : Nardunah, 

 Sinde ; (Burnes); Gyo-thin, Arracan ; Allap 

 Allap Sapi, Jav. (Horsf.) Inhabits Europe and 

 Asia : very common in Lower Bengal, where 

 frequently seen in parties of '20 or 30 individ- 

 uals, beating over the cultivated lands. 



T. cenchris (Gould's B. E. pi.) 



Syn. Falco cenchris, Naumann. 



F. tinnuncnloides and F. xanthonyx, Natterer, 

 F. tinnuncularius, Vieillot. 

 F. Naumanuii, Fischer. 



Inhabits the warmer parts of Europe and 

 Asia ; and found near Calcutta ;al30 N. Africa. 



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