Birds of Celebes: Falconidae. 
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Diagnosis. Blacker than F. p. melmiogenys\ under surface shaded with cinereous; under wing- 
coverts and axillaries hlack, barred with small white lines (Sharpe i 1). 
Distribution. Borneo (Pretyman h Hose ^ 1), Luzon (Whitehead i 2)^ Negros (Keay 
j Whitehead i 5), Malicollo, New Hebrides (Wykeham Perry i 2). This is 
supposed by Sharpe to he the resident form in the East India Islands. 
4. Falco peregrinus anatum (Bp.). 
k. Falco anatum Bp., Comp. List B. Eur. & N. Am . 1838, 4. 
l . Falco peregrinus anatum (1) Bidgw., Man. N. Am. Birds 1887, 247. 
Adult. “Chest usually immaculate” (Bidgw. jl). 
Young. “More deeply colored, with ground color of lower parts frequently deep ochraceous” 
(Bidgw. j 1). 
Distribution. “Whole of America south as far, at least, as Chib; eastern Asia?” (Bidgw. ih.). 
5. Falco peregrinus pealei Bidgw.. 
m. Falco polyagrus pt. Cass., B. Calif. 1853, pi. 16 (hinder figure only), (fide Gurney, Bidgw.). 
n. Falco peregrinus pealei (1) Bidgw., Landb. N. Am. 1874, HI, 137; (2) Gurney, Ibis 
1882, 297, 298; Bidgw., 1. c. note; (3) Gurney, Diurn, B. of Prey 1884, 106; 
(4) Bidgw., Man. N. Am . Birds 1887, 247. 
Adult. “Top of head deep slaty, or plumbeous slate, uniform with back; chest heavily spotted 
with blackish, and dusky bars of remaining under parts very broad” (Bidgw. n 4). 
Young. “With lower parts sooty black, streaked with pale huffy, or huffy white; the feathers of 
upper parts without rusty margins” (Bidgw. n 4). 
Distribution. “Aleutian Islands, west to Commander Islands and south along Pacific coast 
to Oregon” (Bidgw. ib.). 
Of these five subspecies the three first named only concern the ornithology 
of Celebes. 
Taking first the typical F. peregrinus into consideration it appears that the 
only authority for the occurrence of this species in Celebes is v. Bo sen berg, who 
remarks that it is rare there, but that he got a fine specimen in Kema in the North. 
As, however, he adopts the nomenclature of Schlegel, who did not discrimi- 
nate between F. peregrinus and melanogenys and had not recognised F. er 7 iesti, 
it is not possible to say to which race v. Bosenberg’s specimen belonged; and, 
if it is still extant, we do not know in what museum or collection it is to 
be found. F. peregrinus has been obtained in islands lying on every side of 
Celebes, — the Philippines, Borneo, Sumba, Ceram, Batjan and Ternate, so 
that it is impossible that it could fail to occur in Celebes as well, though satis- 
factory evidence on this point is wanting. In Ceram Mr. Bibbe found F. com- 
munis [? melanogenys or ernesti in parti and moluccensis very plentiful both in the 
forest as well as on the coast and mountains. There is considerable reason for 
believing that this race is only a winter visitor to the East Indian Archipelago. 
It is stated to be a migrant in India, though a good many specimens remain 
there throughout the year (c 2) , and Mr. Oates is inclined to regard it as a 
