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Mr. E. Blyth on the Birds of India. 
apud Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. Sc. x. p. 84. Acc. maculatus, 
Brisson. Acc. subtypicus, Hodgson. Nisus communis , Cuvier. 
N. elegans, N. fringillarum, et N. peregrinus, Brehm. Bassura 
Falcon, Latham. 
Hab. Europe, Asia, and N. Africa : a winter visitant in India, 
where it is numerous in the hilly parts; rare, though occasional, 
on the alluvium of Lower Bengal. I have not seen it from the 
eastern side of the Bay of Bengal; but it is recorded as an 
inhabitant of Japan. 
45. Acc. nisoides (Blyth, J. A. S. xvi. p. 727, xxi. p. 359). 
Syn. Acc. fringillarius, var., Vig. Appendix to Memoir of Sir 
T. Stamford Raffles, p. 549. 
Hab. Malayan peninsula; Sumatra ? 
Remark. —Mr. G. R. Gray is utterly mistaken in referring 
this as a synonym of the next species. It closely resembles the 
preceding one, but is smaller, with trivirgate throat; and I doubt 
if the male has ever any rufous colouring. My friend Dr. Jer- 
don very strongly suspected that it is the Khdndesra of Indian 
falconers, of the existence of which (as a distinct Indian species) 
he is assured, from the concurrent testimony of all native fal¬ 
coners, although he has not succeeded hitherto in procuring a 
specimen. It may be mistaken for Acc. nisus ; but never for 
Acc. virgatus. 
( Hierospiza , Kaup.) 
46. Acc. virgatus (PI. Col. 109 S ; Jerdon's Ill. Ind. Orn. 
pi. 4. p. 29). 
Syn. Falco virgatus , Temminck. Acc. besra , Jerdon. $A. 
fringillarius , Jerdon, Catal. A. dussumieri, Sykes. A. affinis, 
Hodgson, Gray's Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 18. Nisus (nec Sparvius) 
ajoutez Acc. nisosimilis, Tickell (1833), de l’Inde, qui semble identique au 
dussumieri de Jerdon, mais non a celui de Temminck, si voisin du badius , 
chacun ayant applique ce nom a sa guise, mon ami le colonel Sykes au 
virgatus ,” &c. All the specimens which I have seen from various parts 
of India, from the Himalaya to the south, and inclusive of Lower Bengal, 
were unmistakeable Acc. nisus (verus). The Prince, it also appears, dis¬ 
tinguished Micronisus badius from M. dussumieri; but I doubt if any such 
distinction could be traced in an adequate series of specimens. 
