. Illustrations of Indian ornithology : containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India . o class it as a Flycatcher, and in the same group as M. picataof Sykes, wrongly referred by me to M. hirundinacea of Temminck. In its colours themale resembles most of the species of Phcenicornis, except in having a white stripe onthe wings, and in some of the tail feathers. The female difiers from the male in havingashy brown instead of glossy black, and ciaereous white, where the male has bright orangered. The irides also are light coloured; b
. Illustrations of Indian ornithology : containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India . o class it as a Flycatcher, and in the same group as M. picataof Sykes, wrongly referred by me to M. hirundinacea of Temminck. In its colours themale resembles most of the species of Phcenicornis, except in having a white stripe onthe wings, and in some of the tail feathers. The female difiers from the male in havingashy brown instead of glossy black, and ciaereous white, where the male has bright orangered. The irides also are light coloured; but notwithstanding these sHght deviations, I amincliaed to agree with Mr, Blji;li, who first called my attention to the subject, and considerit as a species of Phcenicornis. Another species of this genus, the P. miniata of authors to which Swaiason, erro-neously I imagine, refers P. hrevirostris, is said by Lesson to have been sent from Bengal,but it was originally described from Java I believe, and is most probably a species peculiarto the Malayan countries. I am indebted to my friend Mr. Ward for the sketch from which this drawing wasmade, XM. O RD RAPTORES. TRIBE— FALCON ID M. FAM. FALCO. PLATE XII. FALCO SHAHEEN. THE SHAHEEN FALCON. YOUNG MALE. Synon.—Falco Shaheen, Jeidon, Madras Joiu-nal of Literature and Science XXIV.— 29.—F. Aldrovandi of tlie Supplement to my Catal., not F. Aldrovandi of Temminck—F. Sultaneus, Hodgson MSS.—F. Ruber Indicus, Brisson Encyclop. Method, page 129. Shaheen in Hindustani, tlie male Koela—Jawolum in Teloogoo, Wulloor ia Tamool. This fine falcon was I beKeve fii-st noticed by myself in the Catalogue of IndianBirds above alluded to, and the Hindustani name affixed to it as a specific one. Mr. Hodg-son, though he has not described it, lately sent it to the Museum at Calcutta, under themanuscript name of Sultaneus, which, being, as it were, a Latin translation of the nativename, I would have adopted had I not
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