. A synopsis of the Accipitres (diurnal birds of prey) comprising species and subspecies described up to 1920, with their characters and distribution . For ethronemius read erythronemius. Page 74, No. 138a., line 4.âFor Ehmeke read Ehmcke. Page 74, No. 139.âIn distribution, Egypt should be transferred from line 3to line 9, after India. 75, No. 139a.âTo distribution after Tunisia add Egypt and Page 76, No. 140a.â W. Sclat should be without parentheses. Page 80., No. I43i., line 4.âFor nudem read nudum. Page 104, No. 179.âIn distribution, for read Page 114, No. 196.
. A synopsis of the Accipitres (diurnal birds of prey) comprising species and subspecies described up to 1920, with their characters and distribution . For ethronemius read erythronemius. Page 74, No. 138a., line 4.âFor Ehmeke read Ehmcke. Page 74, No. 139.âIn distribution, Egypt should be transferred from line 3to line 9, after India. 75, No. 139a.âTo distribution after Tunisia add Egypt and Page 76, No. 140a.â W. Sclat should be without parentheses. Page 80., No. I43i., line 4.âFor nudem read nudum. Page 104, No. 179.âIn distribution, for read Page 114, No. 196. line 3.âFor propre read prope. Page 119, No. 205c., line 3.âFor nudem read nudum. PART IV.âMAY 20, 1922. PRICE 6/- A SYNOPSIS OF THE ACCIPITRES (Diurnal Birds of Prey)PART IV. (MiCROHIERAX TO PaNDIOn) Comprising Species and Subspecies described up to 1920, withtheir Characters and Distribution BY H. KIRKE SWANN, , Corresponding Fellow, Atner, Or it. Union. SECOND EDITION REVISED AND CORRECTED Til LONDON : WHELDON & WESLEY, LTD38, Great Queen Streep, Kingswav, , and28, Essex Street, Strand, A SYNOPSIS OF THE ACCIPITRES (DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY) PART IV. Sub. Fam. VII. FALCONING. Bill short, curved from base, with one distincttooth near end of cutting edge of upper mandible ;nostrils usually circular with central tubercle ;feet strong ; tibia much longer than tarsus ; toeslong, talons curved and sharp ; tarsus short,usually reticulated ; wings long and pointed. Gen. LXXXIX. MICROHIERAX Sharpe (1874).Type Falco ccerulescens L. Nostrils perpendicular ovals, without centraltubercle ; tarsus covered with broad scales infront and feathered nearly half way down ;wings proportionately shorter than in very small (length under 6 in.). 180 280. Microhierax ccerulescens carulescens^ (Linn.), i., p. 88 (1758). [ex Edwardsâ Asia = Bengal.]Red-breasted Pigmy Falcon. Wing c? 100-108, ? 104-112 mm. ; abovegreenish black; forehead, broad st
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