Birds of Celebes: Palconidae. 
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Diagnosis. Blacker than F. p. melano(jenys\ under surface shaded with cinereous; under wing- 
coverts and axillaries black, barred with small white lines (Sharpe il). 
Distribution. Borneo (Pretyiuan i, Hose * i), Luzon (Whitehead 2), Negros (Keay 
j 1, Whitehead i 3), MaHcollo, New Hebrides (Wykeham Perry i 2). This is 
supposed by Sharpe to be the resident form in the East India Islands. 
4. Talco peregrinus anatum (Bp.). 
/e Faleo anatum Bp., Comp. List B. Eur. & N. Am. 1838, 4. 
l. Faleo peregrinus anatum (IJ Eidgw., Man. N. Am. Birds 1887, 247. 
Adult. “Chest usually immaculate” (Eidgw. j 1). 
Young. “More deeply colored, with ground color of lower parts frequently deep ochraceous” 
(Eidgw. j 1). 
Distribution. “Whole of America south as far, at least, as Chili; eastern Asia?” (Eidgw. ib.). 
5. Faleo peregrinus pealei Eidgw.. 
m. Faleo polyagrus pt. Cass., B. Calif. 1853, pi. 16 (hinder figure only), (fide Gurney, Eidgw.). 
n. Faleo peregrinus pealei (1) Eidgw., Landb. N. Am. 1874, HI, 137; (2) Gurney, B)is 
1882, 297, 298; Eidgw., 1. c. note; (3) Gurney, Diurn. B. of Prey 1884, 106; 
(4) Eidgw., 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” (Eidgw. n 4). 
Young. “With lower jjarts sooty black, streaked with pale huffy, or buffy white; the feathers of 
upper parts without rusty margins” (Eidgw. n 4). 
Distribution. “Aleutian Islands, west to Commander Islands and south along Pacific coast 
to Oregon” (Eidgw. 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. Eosenberg, 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 melanogengs and had not recognised F. ernesti, 
it is not possible to say to which race v. Eosenberg’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. Eibbe found F. com- 
munis [? melanogengs or ernesti in part] 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 rrrigrant in Irrdia, though a good many specimens remain 
there throughout the year (c2), and Mr. Oates is inclined to regard it as a 
