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c. Lophospiza trivirgatus Kaup, Contr. Orn. 1850, 65; (1) David et Oust., Ois. Chine. 
1877, 22; (2) Bourdillon, Str. P. 1880, IX, 299; (3) W. Bias., J. f. O. 1890, 144; 
(4) Hartert, Xov. Zool. 1895, 476. 
d. Lophospiza indica (1) Hume (nec Hodgs.) Str. P. 1875, IH, 21. 
e. Lophospizias trivirgatus (1) Gurney, Ibis, 1875, 355; (2) id., Str. P. 1877, Y, 502; (3) id.. 
Diurn. B. of Prey, 1884, 29; (4) Blanf., Paun. Br. India B. 1895 IH, 401. 
f. Lophospiza trivirgata (1) Hume, Str. P. 1877, 8, 124. 
g. Astur (Lophospizia) trivirgatus (]) Hartert, J. 1 O. 1889, 375. 
Figures and descriptions. Temminck a /; Schlegel III-, Sharpe, 5, iff; Gurney 
d 4, d 2-, Hume, ei; Legge ff; Oates 12-, W. Blasius ii; Blanford e 4; 
d Alton, Skel. d. Baubv. 1838, Taf. VI figs, n, o (Skull); Selenka, Bronn’s Kl. u. 
Ord. VI. Abth. IV, j)!. Ill fig. (> (wing-bones). 
Young. Above warn dark (Front’s) broAvn, the feathers furnished with small rufescent tips ; 
head and crest blacldsh; ear-coverts and neck more rufescent; upper tail- 
coverts crossed witli a blackish band and broadly tiptoed with white; tail — 
not fully grown — crossed with three black bands; below wliite, on the flanks and 
tliighs barred and elsewhere marked with streaks and drops of brown; a dark streak 
down the middle of the throat (Java — Nr. 5692). 
Adult. The upper plumage — brown in the young — becomes slaty grey with maturity, 
palest on head, browner on wings; tail crossed with four dark bands; throat as in 
the young; chest tawmy-rufous ; rest of under surface white, barred vdth rufous 
and brown, except on the under tail-coverts which are uniform. Bill black; iris orange- 
yellow; feet yellow. 
“Iris light brown; bill black; tarsus yellow” (a 13/. 
Measurements. 
Wing 
Tail 
Tarsus 
Oulmen 
[a Nr. 5692) juv. Java 
180 
130 
56 
22 
(Sharpe 5) ad. (Java?) 
198 
160 
56 
— 
(Giirney 5) Q ad. Java 
228 
— 
58 
— 
Distribution. Indian Peninsula (Hume fl, Gurney eJ); Ceylon (Hume fl, Legge 6 9); 
Pegu (Oates b 12)-, Formosa (Swinh. b 4); PhiliiJjfines (Gurney el, Platen c 3, 
Steere b 18)-, Palawan (Whitehead b 14, Platen h 15)-, Borneo (S. Miill. b 2, etc. 
be, bny, Sumatra (8. Miill. b 2, Porbes 6 Iff); Java (Boie, Bernst. 6 2); North 
Celebes (Guillem. 6 13). 
2. Astur trivirgatus rufitinetus (Me Cl ell.). 
h. Spizaetus rufitinetus (1) McClell., P. Z. S. 1839, 153. 
i. Astur trivirgatus pt. (1) Sharpe, Cat. B. 1874, I, 105; (2) Oates, B. Brit. Burmah, 1883, 
II, 177 pt; (3) Sharpe, Ibis, 1890, 274 pt 
j. Lophospizias indicus (? Hodgs.), (1) Gurney, Ibis, 1875, 355. 
k. Lophospiza indica fl) Hume, Str. P. 1877, V, 8. 
Z. Lophospiza rufitinetus fl) Hume, Str. P. 1877, 124; (2) Hume & Davison, ib. 1878, VI, 7. 
TO. Lophospizias rufitinetus fl) Gurney, Str. P. 1877, V, 502. 
n. Astur rufitinetus fl) Hume, Str. F. 1879, Vm, 152. 
o. Lophospizias trivirgatus subsp. rufitinetus (1) Gurney. Diurn. B. of Prey, 1884, 29. 
