JERAETUS. — JEUOGLAUX. 
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longissimo; tarsis longioribus, gracilioribus, et antice squamis hexagonalibus tectis, 
digitis gracilioribus, digito postico breviore unguibus minus robustis. 
berigora Gould, Troc. Zool. Soc. 1837. V. 140. = Falco berigora Vig. 
novae Hollandiae Kauf, Oken's Isis 1847. 80. = Falco novae Zeelandiae 
Gmel. 
novae seelandiae Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 22. — Falco novae Zeelan- 
diae Gmel. 
occidentalis Gould, Birds Australia I. Tb. 12. = Falco occidentales. 
JERAËTUS Kaup, Wiegm. Arch. 1850. XVI. 36. =s Hieraètus Kaup. 
JERAFALCO Cuvier. == Hier o falco Cuvier. 
JERAPTERHINA (Alaudinae) Desmurs et Lucas, Revue Mag. Zool. 1851. III. 
24. = Alauda Lin. 
Rostrum crassum, robustum, aduncum, tomiis mediis profunde sulcatis; man- 
dibular inferioris lateraliter ad basim compressum. Alae acutae, caudae apicem 
excedentes, secunda remigium longior, prima tertiaque coaequales; scapulares bre- 
vissimae, vix caudae basim attingentes. Nares basales, plumis obtectae. Pedes 
cursorii, tarsi rugosi, antice posticeque scutellati; digiti squamati, breves; pollex 
digitis lateralibus longior, robustus; ungues brevissimi, antici minimi , posticus paulo 
longior, convexiusculus. Cauda brevis apice furcata. 
Cavaignaci Desmurs et Lucas, Revue Mag. Zool. 1851. III. 25. — Alauda 
clot Bey Tem. 
JERASPIZIA Kaup, Wiegm. Archiv 1850. XVI. 34. = Hieraspiza Kaup. 
JERAX Leach, Catal. brit. Mus. 1816. — Nisus Cuv. 
JERAX (Falconidae. — tspaÇ accipiter) Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831. I. 96. = 
Falco Lin. 
Synon.: Hicrax Cuv. 
bengalensis Blyth, Jouru. as. Soc. Bengal 1843. XII. 27 'j. = Falco benga- 
lensis Briss. 
coerulescéns Vigors, Zool. Journ. 1825. I. 328. = Falco çoerulescens Lin. 
erythrogenys Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831. I. 96. = Falco erythrogenys. 
erythrogenys Kaup, Wiegm. Arch. 1850. XVI. 29. — Falco sericeus Klttl. 
entolmus Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1849. XVIII. = Falco bengalensis 
Briss. 
fringillarius Drapiez, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1849. XVIII. = Falco coeru- 
lescéns Lin. 
malayanus Strickland, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1844. XIII. 33. == Falco coeru- 
lescéns Lin. 
melanoleucus Blyth, Journ. as Soc. Bengal 1843. XII. 176. = Falco ben- 
galensis Briss. 
sericeus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 28. = Falco sericeus Kittl. 
JERDONIA (Sylviadae. — Jerdon, Ornithol.) — All. Hume, Ibis 1870. VI. 
181. -~ Calamodyta Meyeu. 
Bill straight, slender , entire or very faintly notched, slightly widened at base, 
compressed towards the tip; culmen distinctly raised, acute at base. Tip 
of upper mandible very slightly deflected; two or three stout bristles on either side 
of the gape. Tarsus stout, rather short, with transverse acutes. Foot, hind toe 
short, claw moderately curved, compressed, rather deep, front toes slender, the 
middle toe longer than or as long as the laterals with their claws. Wings, 3. 4. 
5. primaries subequal, fourth if any thing a trifle the longest, second primary from 
' s to % of the length of the third. Tail moderate, decidedly but not abruptly 
rounded. 
agricolensis Hume, Ibis 1870. VI. 182. — India. [India. 
JERDONIA Blyth 1855. == Callene Blyth. 
JER0GLAUX (Strigidae. — ispcc sacer, yXauÇ strix) Kaup, Transact. Zool. Soc. 
1862. IV. 215. == Noctua Savg. 
Synon.: Jeraglaux, Zeraglaux, Hierocoglaux Kaup. 
The nostrils situated on the margin of a long, strongly developed cera, which 
