Birds of Celebes: Falconidae. 
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Diagnosis. Like tlie typical A. trivirgatus, but larger and more rufescent. Apparently a bigh- 
land race. (See: Grurneyyl, Hume k 1 1). 
Distribution. Himalayas from Nepaul to Assam, Cachar, Sylhet, Tipperah. (Hume kl^ 1 1)] 
Nagpore, Bengal (Gurney yi); Tenasserim (Davison 12)] Malay Peninsula (Blyth, 
Hume n 1). 
Dr. Sliarpe includes in the smaller race a young specimen obtained by 
Mr. 'Wallace in the Malay Peninsula (h 5)] and it is possible — judging from the 
length of wing — that Swinhoe’s specimen from Formosa, though placed by 
Gurney in the smaller race, approaches more nearly to the larger Himalayan birds 
{b 4, e 1). 
The right of this species to be included among the birds of Celebes rests 
upon a young specimen obtained at Likoupang, North Celebes, by Dr. Guille- 
mard during the cruise of the “Marchesa”. 
In India two, or rather three, nests of this species have been found, from 
which it would appear that only two eggs are laid (h 19). It is not surprising, 
therefore, to find a sufficient number of dates of occurrence in Borneo to show 
that the species is a resident there (h 16., b 7, h 11). Its occurrence in Celebes 
is of interest, but, in consideration of the fact that this species is represented 
there already in a near relation, A. griseiceps Schl., it is more probable that it 
is a straggler from the north or west than a resident. 
It differs from A. griseiceps by its brownish-rufous breast, or where the 
breast is white with stripes and spots thereon, by the brown-rufous tint of these 
markings, as against the blackish, or very dark brown, colour of the lengthy 
stripes of A. griseiceps ; the claws also seem to be longer in the latter species. 
The Crested Goshawk was found by Captain Legge to be very partial to 
lizards, while other authors note that it preys fiercely upon fowls, pigeons and 
other birds (b 9). 
For further references to literature on this species see: Sharpe 6 5, 
Legge b 9, Oates b 12. 
-b 5. ? ASTUR TENUIROSTRIS Briigg. 
Astur tenuirostris (1) Brilggem., Abb. Yer. Bremen 1876, V, 43. 
a. Urospiza iogaster (1) W. Bias. (? nec S. Mil 11.), J. f. 0. 1883, 151. 
b. Urospizias hiogaster pt.? (1) Gurney, Diurn. B. of Prey 1884, 36. 
Brliggemann described an example from Celebes from v. Eosenberg, without 
exact locality, as follows: 
Young (f. Bill somewhat thin, elongated; the ridge scarcely curved downwards at the base, 
almost straight, and not bent markedly till near the point; the projecting hook only 
slightly developed; edge of upper mandible along the gape straight, somewhat 
turned inwards about the middle, without any signs of a tooth, and with only a trace 
of a flat hollow before the point; feet and their covering as in A. iogaster-. tarsi 
somewhat slender, feathered in front for about a third of their length, at the base 
