FALCO SEVEKUS. 
(THE INDIAN HOBBY.) 
Falco severus, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 135 (1822) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1863, p. 8 ; Schl. Vog. 
Nederl. Ind., Yalkv. pp. 4, 45, Taf. 2. figs. 2, 3 (1866); Eadcliffe, Ibis, 1871, p. 366; 
Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 397 (1874); Bourdillon, Str. Feath. 1876. p. 354. 
Falco aldrovandii, Temm. PI. Col. i. pi. 128 (1823). 
Falco rufipedoides, Hodgs. Calc. Journ. N. H. iv. p. 283 (1844). 
Falco guttata , Gray, Cat. Accipitr. Brit. Mus. p. 26 (1844). 
Hypotriorchis severus. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 20 (1844); Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 14 
(1849); Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. i. p. 22 (1854); Jerd. B. of Ind. i. 
p. 34 (1862) ; Wallace, Ibis, 1868, p. 5 ; Hume, Rough Notes, i. p. 87 (1869) ; Holds- 
worth, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 410 ; Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 33 (1872). 
The Severe Falcon, apud Horsf. & Moore. 
Bhuti (female), Bhuter (male), Hind. 
Allap-Allap-Gdnjeng, Java. 
AduU male. Length to front of cere 10-3 to 105 inches ; culmen from cere 0-65 ; wing 8-0 to 9-0 ; tail 4-5 ; tarsus 1-1 
to 1-2 ; middle toe 1-2, claw (straight) 0-5 ; height of bill at cere 0-27. 
In Stray Feathers, vol. iv. p. 355, the wing of a male shot in Travancore is given at 9 - 25. This is most exceptional , or 
it is a misprint for female. Two Ceylonese examples, one of which, on account of its small size, must be a male, 
measure 8'6 and 9'0. Three males in the Norwich Museum, from the Philippines and Java, measure 8 - 3, 8'6, 
and 8'7 ; two others in the British Museum do not exceed 8 - 3 ; Jerdon, however, gives the wing of a male as 9-0, 
from which I have taken the above limit. 
FALCO CHICQUEKA. 
(the red-headed merlin.) 
Falco chicquera, Daud. Traite, ii. p. 121 (1800, ex Levaill.) ; Less. Traite, p. 90 (1831); Gould, Cent. B. Him. Mts. 
pi. 2 (1832) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 14 (1849) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, i. p. 403 (1874). 
Hypotriorchis chicquera. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 20 (1844) ; Kelaart, Prodromus, Cat. p. 115 ; Layard, Ann. & Mag. Nat. 
Hist. 1853, xii. p. 102 ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. i. p. 23 (1854) ; Jerd. B. of Ind. i. p. 36 (1862) ; 
Holdsworth, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 410 ; Butler, Str. Feath. 1875, p. 444. 
/Esalon chicquera, Kaup, Class. Saug. u. Vbg. p. Ill (1844). 
Chicquera typus, Bp. Eev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 536 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 19 (1873). 
Turumtia chicquera, Blyth, Ibis, 1863, p. 9. 
Lithofalco chicquera, Hume, Bough Notes, i. p. 91 (1870) ; Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 681. 
Toorumtee, Europeans in India. 
Turumti, Turumtdri, Tutri mutri (female), Clietwa (male), Hind. ; Jellaganta, Jelgadda, Telegu ; Jelkat, Yerklees 
( apud Jerdon). 
Adult male. Length (from skin) to front of cere 10 - 5 inches ; culmen from cere 0 - 7 ; wing 7’9 to 8 - l ; tail 5-0 ; tarsus 
1'3 to 1*5 ; middle toe 1'3, claw (straight) 0"48; height of bill at cere 0‘35. 
