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insects; birds. Only one species, ranging from North China and Tenasserim 
east as far as Waigiou in Papuasia. 
^ 7. TACHYSPIZIAS SOLOENSIS (Horsf.). 
Horsfield’s Short-toed Hawk. 
a. Falco soloensis Horsf., Tr. L. S. 1821, XIH, 137. 
h. Falco cuculoides (I) Temm., PI. Col. 1823, Nrs. 110, 129 (juv. et ad.). 
c. Astur soloensis Less., Man. d’Orn. 1828, I, 94; (I) Sharpe, Oat. B. 1874, I, 114, pi. IV, 
f. 1.; (2) Hume & Davison, Str. P. 1878, VI, 8; (3) Bingham, Str. F. 1880, IX, 
143; (4) Oates, B. Brit. Burmah 1883, H, 180; (5) Guillem, P. Z. S. 1885, 544; 
(6) Everett, J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 1889, 180; (VI his) Murray, Avif. Brit. Ind. 
1889, 20, fig.; (7) Sharpe, Ibis 1889, 68; 1890, 274; (8) Steere, Coll. B. Philip. 
1890, 7, 5; (9) Sty an, Ibis 1891,488; (10) De la Touche, Ibis 1892,410; (11) Blanf., 
Faun. Br. India, B. Ill, 1895, 400. 
d. Nisus minutus Less.; (1) Pucher., Rev. Zool. 1850, 210. 
e. Nisus soloensis Less., Tr. d’Orn. 1831, 60; (1) Schl., Mus. P.-B. Astures, 1862, 44; (II) 
id., Yalkv. 1866, 28, 66, pi. 19, f. 4—6; (3) id., Rev. Acc. 1873, 97. 
f. Taehyspiza soloensis (1) Kaup, Olassif. Saug. u. Vog. 1844, 117; (2) id., P. Z. S. 1867, 
169, 172; (3) Walden, Tr. Z. S. 1872, VHI, 110; (4) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 56. 
g. Micronisus soloensis (1) Gray, List Acc. B. M. 1848, 75; (2) Swinh., P. Z. S. 1863, 
261; (3) id., P. Z. S. 1871, 342; (4) Vorderman, X. T. Xed. Ind. 1891, 205; (5) id., 
ib. 1895, 318. 
h. Micronisus badius Swinh. (nec Gm.), Ibis 1860, 359. 
j. Accipiter virgatus Swinh. (nec Temm.), Ibis 1861, 264. 
k. Astur cuculoides (I) Sharpe, Cat. B. 1874, I, 115, pi. IV, f. 2; (2) David & Oust. 
Ois. Chine 1877, 24; (3) Styan, Ibis 1891, 488; (4) id. Ibis 1893, 333. 
Tachyspizias soloensis (1) Gurney, Ibis 1875, 365, 366; (2) Salvad, Orn. Pap. 1880, I, 
65; (3) Gurney, Diurn. B. of Prey, 1884, 32; (4) Pleske,, Bull. Ac. Sc. Petersb. 
1884, 113; (4a) W. Bias., Ornis 1888, 544; (5) Salvad., Agg. Orn. Pap. 1889, 21; 
(6) M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresden 1895 no. 8, p. 4; (7) iid., ib. 1895 Xr. 9, p. 1. 
I Tachyspizias cuculoides (1) Gurney, Ibis 1875, 366; (2) id. (? subsp.). Diurn. B. of Prey 
1884, 32. 
“Meo”, Karkellang, Talaut Is., Xat. Coll. 
“Sikep abu-abu mera”, Minabassa, iid. 
For further references see Salvadori 2. 
Figures and descriptions. Temminck h J; Scblegel e JZ, e 1, e 3] Sharpe c I, k I; Murray 
c VIhis] Kaup /’i, f 2\ Pucberan d 1; Gurney 7; Hume & Davison 2] Bingham 
c 5; Salvadori 2\ Oates c 4\ Vorderman g 4\ Blanford c 11. 
Adult ^^Astur cuculoides’’\ Entire upper surface slate-grey with dark slate margins to the 
feathers, the unexposed basal part of the feathers white; wing-coverts and quills 
blacker, ear-coverts smoke-grey; breast pale vinaceous-cinnamon ; abdonien and 
sides varied with grey which tends to form into bars; remaining under parts 
buffy white, the feathers on chin and throat having dark shaft-streaks; inner webs 
of secondaries and basal parts of the inner webs of primaries below pure 
white, distal ends of the latter black; tail below whitish, crossed with about six 
imperfect narrow dark bands. (Celebes: C 10480.) 
Meyer & Wi gl e s w o r th, Birds of Celebes (Oct. 4tli, 1897). 
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