00 o CO o> ^^ =s ico Swann, H« Kirke A STnoptical list of the acci- pitres QL 696 F3S93 1919 PT.l c 1 BMED PART I.-JULY, ]91'9. PRICE 41- A SYJN^OPTICAL LIST OF THE \ACCIP1TEES ■'•**.R£%iercnopterus percnoptervs (Linn.), S. Europe, S.N., i., p. 87 (1758). Africa S. to Egyptian Vulture. Mashonaland, Mediterra- nean Persic sub-region to N.W. India. [Doubtfully distinct.] 17a. Neophron percnopterus nibripersonatus Zarudav & Harms., Orn. Mb., x., pp. 52-3 (1902). Smaller than typical form wing 15.5. 17b. Neophron percnopterus ginginianus Ind. Orn. i., p. 7 (1790). Indian White Vulture. length 21 in. (Lath.), Persian Baluchistan. Indian Peninsula, very rare in Ceylon. Gen. XIII. NECROSYRTES Gloger (1842). With a fur-like chest-patch. Plumage chocolate brown ; hind neck covered with whitish doAvn ; crop-patch creamy brown, encircled with white down. Length 24 in. ; wing 18.50. 18. Necrosyrtes monachvs monachus (Teinm.), PI. N.E. & Col., i., pi. 222 (1823). E. Africa, Northern Hooded Vulture. W. Africa. Larger ; length 26 in. ; wing 20 in. ; with shorter and stouter bill. 18a. Necrosyrtes monachus pileatus (Burch.), Trav.^ ii.,p. 105, (1824). Hooded Vulture. S. Africa. Fam. II. FALCONIDM. Crown of head always clothed with feathers, its sides either feathered or bare ; outer toe not reversible. Sub-Fam. I. POLYBORINjE. Toes connected near base by interdigital mem- brane ; sides of face mostly bare. Gen. XIV. POLYBORUS Vieill. (1816). Nostrils oval. Size large (22-26 in.). Above and below blackish brown with narroAv whitish bars ; tail whitish with a terminal blackish band ; face, neck and breast white with blackish bars. 19. Polyborus plancus (Mill.) Var. Subj. Nat. Hist., S. America, PI. 17 (1778). Patagonia to Common Caracara. 20'' S. lat. on W, & Amazon on E. side. 8 20. Above black, mantle only with creanij^ buff wavy bars ; upper tail-coverts white ; tail butl with 13 or 14 black bars and a broad terminal band. Polyborns cheriivay (Jacq.), Beitr., p. 17, tab. 4 (1784). Audubon's Caracara. Paler insular race. 20a. Polyborus ckeriway pallidus Nelson, Pr. Biol. Soc, Wash., xii., p. 8 (1898). Tres Marias Caracara. General plumage marked with transverse bars of brownish black and brownish white ; crown, wing-coverts, terminal portion of primaries and terminal band on tail blackish bro-^n. 21. Polyborus lutosus Ridgw., Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv.Terr.,i,p.459(1875). Guadeloupe Caracara. Gen. XV. IBYCTER Vieill. (1816). Head generally with recurved crest. Nostrils round. Size variable (16-25 in.). Plumage black with greenish reflections ; a white band across base of tail. 22. Ibycter ater (Vieill.), Analyse, p. 22 (1 816). Yellow-throated Caracara. Plumage black with greenish reflections, but abdomen white ; face and throat deep red. 23. Ibycter americanus (Bodd.), Table PL Enl., p.'25 (1783). Red-throated Caracara. Plumage black with greenish reflections, but upper tail coverts, base and tip of tail and abdomen white. 24. Ibycter megalopteriis (Meven), Nov. Act. Caes., xvi., Suppl., i., p. 64, pi. 7 (1834). Mountain Caracara. S. United States, Central America, Northern S. America. Tres Marias Is., W. Mexico. Guadeloupe Is., W. Mexico. Amazon District of S. America. Tropical S. America and Central America, from Brazil to Guate- mala. S. America, Pacific side of Andes Above brownish black ; upper tail-coverts, base and tip of tail and entire under parts white ; sides irregularly marked with black. 25. Ibycter albigulans (Gould), P.Z.S., 1837, p. 9. Patagonia. White-throated Caracara. Skin of face and throat wrinkled and orange colour ; Plumage black ; rump, upper tail- coverts, tips of quills, a broad terminal band on tail, and vent white ; breast with drop- shaped white marks. 26. Ibycter carunculatus (Des Murs), Rev. et Mag. Highlands of Zool., 1853, p. 154. Ecuador and Carunculated Caracara. Colombia. Black ; rump, upper tail-coverts and base and terminal band on tail white ; below white with band of black across lower throat. 27. Ibycter circumcinctus Scott, Auk, xxvii., 1910, Patagonia, p. 152. E. of Andes. Scott's Caracara Above and below black ; nape, outer upper tail-coverts, throat and breast with lanceolate white stripes ; tail broadly tipped with white. 28. Ibycter australis (Gmel.), S.N., i., p. 259 (1788). Falkland Is. Foster's Caracara. Gen. XVI. MILVAGO Spix. (1824). Feathers on back of head erectile, forming 2 tufts ; size small (about 16 in.). Above brown, with pale ashy margins ; head, neck, basal two-thirds of tail, and under parts white. 29. Milvago chimachima (Vieill.), N. Diet., v., p. Brazil and 259 (1816). Amazonia Yellow-headed Caracara. to Guiana, Colombia & Panama. Above rufous bro^vn ; head and neck with black central streaks ; upper tail-coverts white ; tail with broad subterminal dark band ; below brownish ochre with dark shaft stripes. 30. Milvago chimango (Vieill.), N. Diet., v., p. 260 S. America (1816). from S.E. Chimango Caracara. Brazil to Tierra del Fuego. 10 Sub-Fam. II. ACCIPITRINJE. Outer toe connected to middle one by an interdigital membrane ; tibia and tarsus about equal in length. Gen. XVII. POLYBOROIDES Smith (1830). Lores and, sides of face bare. Plumage silvery grey, lower back and rump and abdomen white, narrowly barred with black ; quills and tail chiefly black, latter with a broad median band of white. Length 23.50-27 in. 3L Polyborides radiatus (Scop.), Del. Faun, et Flor. Insubr., ii., p. 85 (1786). Madagascar Gymnogene. General plumage dark grey ; breast and abdomen broadly barred with black and white ; tail black, tipped with white, with a broad band of dull white and an indistinct one nearer base. 32. Polyborides typicus Smith, S. Afr. Q. J., i., p. 107 (1830). Banded Gymnogene. Madagascar. S. Africa, W. Africa, N.E. Africa (Abyssinia & White Nile). Gen. XVIII. CIRCUS Lacep. (1806). Sides of face feathered ; with distinct facial ruff ; lores furnished with bristles ; nostrils oval with no bony excrescence ; tarsus reticulated behind ; size moderate ; length (males) 17-22.50 in. ; females 19-24.50 in. Key to Natural Groups and Species (Males). A. Above bluish ashy, or greyish. a. Thighs uniform white. Throat and chest bluish ashy ; upper tail- co verts white. 33. Circus cyaneus cyaneus (Linn.), S.N., i., p. 126 (1766). Hen Harrier. Europe and Siberia, N.E. Africa, India, China, Japan (winter). 11 More brownish ashy above and below. 33a. Circus cijaneus hudsonius (Linn.), S.N. p. 128 (1766). Marsh Hawk. N. America, Central America & W. Indies (winter). Adult plumage unknown. 34. Circus macroscelis A. Newton, P.Z.S., 1863, Madagascar, p. 180. Madagascar Harrier. Throat and chest white ; upper tail-coverts white, banded with ashy grey. 35. Circus macrurus (S. G. Gmel.), N. Comm. Petrop., XV., p. 439, pis. viii., ix. (1771). Pallid Harrier. b. Thighs white, with rufous streaks or spots. Throat and chest pale bluish grey ; upper tail-coverts white, tipped with deep ash colour. 36. Circus pygargus pygargus (Linn.), S.N., i., p. 89 (1758). Montagu's Harrier. Europe ; Africa, India, Burma, China in winter. Europe ; Palestine, Africa, India, China in winter. [Doubtfully distinct.] 36a. Circus pygargus abdullce Floericke, Om. Mb., Caucasus, iv., p. 155 (1896). c. Thighs white, barred across with orange rufous. Throat and chest white, barred with orange tawny ; upper tail- coverts white. 7. Circus cinereus Vieill., N. Diet., iv., p. 434 (1816). Cinereous Harrier. d. Thighs rufous, either uniform or spotted and margined with white. Tropical and temperate S. America, migrating to Straits of Magellan & Falkland Is. 12 Throat and chest rufous with white spots ; upper tail-coverts ashy brown, tipped and spotted with white. 38, Circus assimilis assimilis Jard. and Selb., 111. E. Australia. Orn., Ser. i., pi. 51 (1828). Tasmania, Spotted Harrier. Celebes. [Doubtful form.] Said to be smaller and darker. 38a. Circus assimilis rogersi Math., Nov. ZooL, N.W. xviii., p. 244 (1912). Australia. Lesser Spotted Harrier. B. Above brown. a. Thighs white, with rufous streaks or spots. Throat and chest white streaked with pale rufous brown ; upper tail-coverts white, slightly spotted with pale rufous. 39. Circus approximans approximans Peale, U.S. Fiji Islands. Explor. Exped., viii., p. 64 (1848). Fijian Harrier. Larger. 39a. Circus approximans gouldi (Bp.), Consp., i., S. & E. p. 34 (1850). Australia, Allied Harrier. Tasmania. Smaller. SQh. Circus approximans inexpectatus Math., Nov. N.W. & N. Zool., xviii., p. 245 (1912). Australia. Little Allied Harrier. Smaller and darker than C. a. gouldi. 39c. Circus approximans drummondi Math, dale, Ibis, 1913, p. 419. New Zealand Harrier. Ire- New Zealand. b. Thighs rufous, the feathers margined with white. Throat and chest brown, the feathers mar- gined with white ; abdomen rufous ; upper tail-coverts orange rufous, tipped with white. 40. Circus ranivorus (Daud.), Traite, ii., p. 170 (1800). S African Marsh Harrier, S. Africa below 10° S. lat. 13 Throat and chest creamy buff, the latter streaked with brown ; upper tail-coverts white. 41. Circus ceruginosus ceruginosus (Linn.), S.N., i., p. 91 (1758). Marsh Harrier. Europe, rare in Siberia, but in winter to India, China, Japan and Philippines, also Africa. N. Africa. Much brighter coloration, more black and white : (Slighter). 41a. Circus ceruginosus harterti, Zedl., J.f.O., 1914, p. 133. Hartert's Harrier. C. Above black or blackish. a. Thighs white. Throat and chest white, streaked with black ; upper and under tail -coverts white. 42. Circus maillardi Verr. in MailL, I'lle de la Reunion Is., Reun., ii., p. 12 (1863). Comoro Is. Maillard's Harrier. Markings on throat and chest browner and broader ; under tail-coverts also streaked. 43. Circiis wolfi Gurney, P.Z.S., 1865, p. 823, pi.. New Cali- xliv. fornia, New Wolf's Harrier. Hebrides. Throat and chest white, streaked with black ; upper tail-coverts white with remains of ashy brown bars. 44. Circus spilonotus Kaup, Contr. Orn., 1850, p. 59. Eastern Marsh Harrier. The same, but with distinct transverse spots of dusky cinereous on upper tail-coverts. 45. Circus spilothorax Salvad. and d'Alb., Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov., vii., p. 807 (1875). New Guinea Harrier E. Siberia, in winter to E. China, Indo-Burman countries, Malay Archipelago, S.E. New Guinea. 14 Throat and chest black ; upper tail-coverts barred with black. 46. Circus melanoleucus (Forst.), Indisch. Zool., p. 12, pi. xi. (1781). Pied Harrier. E. Siberia, Mongolia, E. and S. India, Burma, Malay Pen., Borneo, Philippines (winter). Throat and chest black ; upper tail-coverts white with remains of rufous bars. 47. Circus buffoni (Gmel.), S.N., i., p. 277 (1788). Long-winged Harrier. 48 E. side of S. America, from Magel- lan Str. to Brit. Guiana and Vene- zuela, Trinidad. b. Thighs black. Throat and chest brownish black ; upper tail- coverts white, the lower ones spotted with black. Circus maurus (Temm.), PI. Col., i., pi. 461 S. Africa. (1828). , Black Harrier. Females (usually much different from males). . Above brown. a. Thighs white. Below white, striped with dark brown ; upper tail-coverts white, barred with dark brown. b. Thighs white, with streaks or spots of rufous or brown. Below tawny buff, streaked with brown ; upper tail-coverts white. Below nearly white, streaked with brown. Below creamy buff, with pointed spots of rufous brown ; upper tail -coverts white. Below buffy white, with rufous centres to the feathers ; upper tail-coverts white. Below creamy white, with streaks of brown ; upper tail-coverts white, barred with dark brown. C. melano- leucus. C. cyaneus. C. hudsonius. C. spilonotus. C. pygargus. C. macrurus 15 Thighs white, barred with orange tawny. Breast brown with white spots, rest of under C. cinereus. parts barred with orange tawny and white ; upper tail-coverts white, barred with reddish. Thighs rufous. Below dark brown, with a white band, marked C. cerugi- with brown, across breast ; upper tail-coverts nosus. white, tinged with grey and rufous. Below brown, streaked with white ; upper tail- C. ranivorus. coverts rufous, tipped with white. Gen. XIX. MICRASTUR Gray (1841). Nostrils round, with a bony excrescence ; tarsus reticulated behind. Size large, length 20 in., wing 10.4 ; above blackish ; tail with 3 white bands ; below pale ochraceous fawn, as well as sides of face and nuchal collar. 49. Micrastur brachypterus (Temm.), PI. Col., pis. 116 (juv.), 141 (ad.), (1822). Collared Harrier-Hawk Size medium, length ($) 17.5 ; wing 9.8 ; above slate ; tail with 3 bands of ashy brown ; below whitish ; no nuchal collar. 50. Micrastur mirandollei (Schl.), Nederl. Tijdschr., i., p. 131(1863). Mirandolle's Harrier-Hawk. Size small, length (.^) 13 in, ; wing 6.9. Above slate ; tail with 3 greyish white bands ; below greyish white, barred with greyish black ; throat white, fore-neck rufous. 51. Micrastur ruficollis ruficollis (Vieill.), N Diet., X., p. 322 (1817). Red-necked Harrier-Hawk . From S. Mexico through Central Amer. and Colombia to Brazil and Paraguay. Upper E. Peru, Guiana Panama. E. South America, Venezuela, Guiana, Central Brazil, Paraguay. 16 Above chocolate brown ; tail blackish, with 3 narrow white bands ; below thickly barred with black and white ; throat brown. 51a. Micrastur ruficollis zonothorax (Cab.), J.f.O., Colombia, 1865, p. 406. Venezuela Barred Harrier-Hawk. Above (male) ashy brown (female blackish) ; tail blackish with 4 irregular white bands ; below whitish; breast finely barred with wavy blackish lines ; lower abdomen white. Micrastur gilvicollis (VieilL), N. Diet., x., p. 323 (1817). White -throated Harrier-Hawk. 52. 53. Above blackish ; tail with 3 irregular white bands ; throat and cheeks pale grey ; below dull white, closely barred on breast and less so on abdomen with blackish. Micrastur guerilla guerilla, Cass.,Pr. Phil. Acad., 1848, p. 87. Grey- throated Harrier-Hawk. S. America from Colombia & Amazonia to E. Peru and to 20° S. lat. in Brazil. Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras. Above greyer ; chest suffused with rufescent buff. 53a. Micrastur guerilla jugularis Gurney, List Brazil, Diurnal Bds. Prey, pp. 25, 117 (1884). Venezuela, Rufous-chested Harrier-Hawk. Colombia. Slightly larger than M. g. guerilla ; less pure white below, and dusky bars broader and heavier, especially on belly, thighs and under tail-coverts. 53b. Micrastur guerilla interstes Bangs, Auk, 1907, Costa Rica to p_ 289. Colombia and Bangs's Harrier-Hawk. Ecuador. Gen. XX GERANOSPIZIAS Sundev. (1873). Tarsus scaled bemna ; thighs without over- hanging tuft of feathers ; ridge of bill greater than half length of middle toe (without claw) ; commissure slightly festooned. Size moderate (length 16.5-24.5 in.). 17 Plumage slaty blue, with little trace of white cross bars except on thighs and under wing- co verts ; tail ochraceous, with 2 broad black bands. 54. Geranospizias ccerulescens ccerulescens (Vie ill.); N. Diet., X., p. 318 (1817). Grey Crane -Hawk. Under pa.rts barred with whitish. 54a. Geranospizias ccerulescens gracilis (Temm.), PI. Col, i., pi. 91 (1824). Wood Hawk. Like G. c. ccerulescens, except that general plumage is slaty black. 54b. Geranospizias ccerulescens niger (Du Bus), Biill. Ac. Roy. Brux., xiv., p. 103 (1847). Black Hawk. Venezuela, Guiana, W. Brazil, Peru, Bolivia Argentina. Brazil, Paraguay. Central America from S. Mexico to Panama. Gen. XXI. UROTRIORCHIS Sharpe (1874). Tail (13 in.) longer than wing (12 in.), very strongly graduated ; stee large (length 24 in.). Above blue grey, lighter on head and nape ; upper tail-coverts pure white ; tail very long, black above, greyish below, irregularly banded and tipped with white ; below leaden grey. 55. Urotriorchis macrurus (Hartl.), J.f .0., 1855, W. Africa, p. 353. Gold Coast W. African Grey Hawk. to Gaboon. Gen. XXII. PARABUTEO Rldgw. (1874). Nostrils with bony tubercle near upper margin ; thighs with overhanging tuft of feathers ; tarsus scaled almost right across and feathered further down than length of middle toe. Size large (length about 23 in. ; wing about 12-14 in.). General colour blackish brown, variegated by lighter spotting ; lesser wing-coverts and thighs rufous ; tip and base of tail and also tail-coverts white. 56. Parabuteo unicinctus unicinctus (Temm.), PI. S. America, Col . , pi . 3 1 3 ( 1 824) . northward One-banded Buzzard-Hawk from Chile on W. and Buenos Ayres on E. 18 General colour sooty black, tinged with chest- nut on rump. (Female more brownish.) 56a. Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi (Audub.), B. Am., pi. cccxcii., 1831 ; Orn. Biog., v., p. 30. Harris's Buzzard-Hawk. Central and N. America from Panama to Southern U.S. Gen. XXIII. MELIERAX Gray (1840). Tarsus scaled in front, reticulated on outer aspect, not feathered so far down as length of middle toe. Size large (length 21 in. ; wing 14.8) ; general plumage bluish ash; quills black; wing-coverts, secondaries, upper tail -co verts and base of tail whitish freckled with grey ; outer tail-feathers white, barred with black ; belly white, narrowly barred with blackish. 57. Melierax canorus canorus (Rislach), in Thunb., S. Africa Diss. Ac, iii., p. 264 (1799). below Chanting Goshawk. 15°S.lat. Size similar ; tail-coverts white, with numerous bars of slaty grey ; tail blackish, with 4 white bands, the middle feathers unbarred ; below white, minutely barred with ashy grey. 57a. Melierax canorus metabates, Heugl., Ibis, 1861, N.E. Africa, p. 72. Sudan to Many- banded Hawk. Mogador, {= M.'polyzonusoia.Vithor&.'l W. Arabia. Much lighter form . 57b. Melierax canorus neumanni, Hart., Vog. Pal. Nubia to Fauna, ii., p. 1165 (1914). Sudan & Neumann's Goshawk. Hausaland. Rather smaller ; above darker slate ; throat, chest and wings, light grey ; below white, with narrow blackish bars ; tail black, tip and upper tail-coverts white. 57c. Melierax canorus poliopterus Cab., inDecken's Reise, iii., Vog., p. 40 (1869). E. African Groshawk. E. Africa, Somaliland to Kilimanjaro. 19 Much darker below than M. c. metabates, which has white bars rather broader than dark bars, reverse being case in this species. 58. Melierax mechowi Cab., J.f .0., 1882, p. 229. Angola Goshawk. Size small (length 11.5-13.6; wing 7.1-8.3); above and throat ashy grey ; rump blackish, upper tail-coverts white , quills and tail brown banded with black ; below white barred with ashy grey. 59. Melierax gabar (Daud.), Traite, ii., p. 89 (1800). Red-faced Goshawk. Angola, Damara- land to Mashonaland, Nyasaland. S. Africa, E.&N.E. Africa. Size similar ; plumage black ; quills and tail banded as in M. gabar. Feet cinnabar red (orange in last-named). [Disputed species.] 5L*a. Melierax niger (Vieill.), Enc. Meth,, iii., p. 1269 (1823). African Black Goshawk. S. and E Africa. Gen. XXIV. ASTUR Lacep. (1801). Bill short, cutting edge of upper mandible with a festoon ; nostrils oval, with no bony tubercle ; toes moderate, middle one somewhat longest, outer and inner nearly equal. Key to Natural Groups and Species (Adults). A. With conspicuous line of white on each side of crown, from above hinder ear-coverts ; crown blackish ; above ashy brown ; below white barred with greyish brown ; tail with 4 dark bands ; length, ^, 19-20.5 ; 2, 23-24 in. 60. Astur gentilis gentilis, Linn, S.N., i., p. 89 (1758). Common Goshawk. Europe and Siberia ; in winter to N. Africa and Himalayas. Smaller and darker race. 60a. Astur gentilis arrigonii Kleinsch. xi., pp. 152-3 (1903). Sardinian Goshawk. On. Mb., Sardinia. 20 Less brownish, purer grey 60b. Astur gentilis sdivedowi Menz., Eur. Russia, p. 439 (1882). Siberian Goshawk. Orn. Geogr. " White " race. 60c. Astur gentilis candidissimus Dyb., Bull. Soc. Zool. France, viii., p. 353 (1883). Kamtschatka Goshawk. Above bluish ash, with blackish shaft stripes ; crown deeper black ; below closely freckled or vermiculated, instead of barred ; tail bands indistinct.* 61. Astur atricapillus (Wils.), Am. Orn., vi., pi. 52, fig. 3 (1812). American Goshawk Markings of lower parts fine and delicate and so dense as to present a nearly uniform appear- ance ; tail bands obsolete. 61a. Astur atricapillus striatulus Ridgw., Hist. N. Am. Birds, iii., p. 240 (1874). Western Goshawk. Above sepia brown ; head, neck and upper mantle blackish slate ; nape varied with white ; tail with 6 irregular darker bands ; below white, thickly and broadly barred with blackish. Astur hensti Schl., Mus. P.B. Revue Accipitr., p. 62 (1873). Henst's Goshawk. 62. B. Sides of crown uniform with crown itself ; no distinct red nape band ; maximum length 20 in. (?) N, Asia to Thibet. Kamtschatka N. America (except Pacific side), ace. in Brit. Isles. W. North America, Sitka to Sierra Nevada. Madagascar. * The young of most species of the genus Astur, both in the typical group and many succeeding ones, are brown above, the feathers more or less margined with ochraceous or rufous, and ochraceous or creamy white below with longitudinal markings, usually in the form of streaks on throat and large oval spots on breast and flanks, although in some species the flanks may be barred. The characters given, as in other genera, are those of adult birds. 21 a. Above brownish or slate ; tail with about 3 darker bands ; below white, barred with rufous; length, ^, 13.5-14; $, 16-17 in. 63. Astur tachiro tachiro (Daud.), Traite, ii., p. 90 S. E. Africa. (1800). African Goshawk. Below lighter ; cross bands more distinct ; no bars on under wing-coverts. 63a. Astur tachiro sparsimfasciatus* Reichen., Orn. Mb., iii., p. 97 (1895). Zanzibar Goshawk. Flanks and transverse bars more richly rufescent. 63b. Astur tachiro unduliventer (Riipp.), Neue Wirb., p. 40, t£.f. 18, fig.i. (1835). Abyssinian Goshawk. Zanzibar Is., Brit. E. Africa, Victoria Nyanza. N.E. Africa (Abyssinia). Thighs rufous, without bars ; under wing- coverts white. 63c. Astur tachiro macroscelides Hartl., J.f.O., 1855, pp. 354, 360. West African Goshawk. b. Above slaty grey ; below with breast rufous, or partly so, and rest of under parts white, barred with rufous. 64. Astur trlvirgatus trivirgatus (Temm.), PI. Col., i., pi. 303 (1824). Indian Crested Goshawk. Larger. 64a. Astur trivirgatus rufitinctus McClelL, P.Z.S., 1839, p. 153. Larger Crested Goshawk. W. Africa (Gold Coast to Sierra Leone). Hilly parts of India and Ceylon, Malay Archi- pelago. E. Himalayas to Assam, Indo- Chinese countries, Formosa. * A. (achiro nyansce Neumann, Om. Mb., xiii., p. 138 (1902) is a synonym, c/. Sharpe, Zool. Rec, 1902, Aves, p, 45. 22 c. Above brown ; head bhxish grey ; tail with about 4 dark bars ; below white, with broad streaks of brown ; thighs barred with blackish bro^vn. 65. Astur griseiceps Schl., Mus. P.B., Astnres, Celebes, p. 23 (1862). Grey-headed Goshawk. d. Smaller (length, ^, 10.7 in.) ; above brownish ash ; sides of head and of neck rufous ; tail with 6 dark bars ; below white, barred with rufous. 66. Astur brutus (Poll.), Nederl. Tijdschr., iii., Mayotte Is. p. 80 (1866). (Comoro Least Goshawk. Group). e. Above blackish slate or slate ; tail with 2 more or less regular white bands ; below pale vinous to rufous, with indications of white bars ; length 15-in. (adult). 67. Astur tousseneUii toussenellii (Verr.), Rev. et W. Africa Mag., 1854, p. 538. (Gaboon). Toussenell's Goshawk, Smaller ; length 13-in. (q ) ; thighs chestnut. 67a. Astur toussenellii lopezi * Alex., Bull. B.O.C.. Cameroon & xiii.,p.49(1903). ' Fernando Po. Fernando Po Goshawk. Smaller ; length 11 in. with white and chestnut 67b. Astur toussenellii castanilius Mag. de Zool., 1853, p. 578. Chestnut -sided Goshawk. (J) ; below banded (Bp.), Rev. et Without white bars below ; thighs white. 68. Astur trinotatus (Bp.), Consp., i., p. 33 (1850). N. Celebean Goshawk. W. Africa (Gold Coast to Gaboon ?), Cameroon. N. Celebes. Paler below, with more white on abdomen. 68a. Astur trinotatus hcesitandus (Hart.), Nov. Zool., iii., p. 162 (1896). S. Celebean Goshawk. S. Celebes. * Doubtfully distinct from A, t. castanilius if it has the rufous thighs of the latter. The amount of white barring most certainly varies with age. 23 f . Above deep slate grey ; tail with 8 or 9 dark bars ; below wholly chestnut with a few whitish cross bars. 69. Astur henicogrammus Gray, P.Z.S., 1860, Moluccas p. 343. (Halmahera, Gray's Goshawk. Morotai). g. Above slate grey ; bars on tail nearly obsolete ; below cinnamon rufous, without white bars ; length $ 15.8 ; ^ 12.5 in. 70. Astur iogaster (Mull, et Schl.), Naturl. Gesch., Moluccas . p. 110 (1839-44). (Ceramand Rufous-bellied Goshawk. Amboina). Slightly smaller ; below more vinous red. 71. Astur etorques etorques (Salvad.), Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov., vii., p. 901 (1875). New Guinea Goshawk. Whole under side deep rufous cinnamon. 71a. Astur etorques rufoschistaceus Rothsch. and Hart., Nov., Zool., ix., p. 590 (1902). Ysabel Is. Goshawk. New Guinea, Salawati and Jobils., Bismarck Archipelago. Ysabel Is., Solomon Archipelago. Smaller and darker. 71b. Astur etorques rubiance Rothsch. and Hart. Nov. Zool., xii., pp. 250-1 (1905). Solomon Island Goshawk. Lighter above. 71c. Astur etorques bougainvillei Roth, and Hart., Nov. Zool., xii., pp. 250-1 (1905). Bougainville Is. Goshawk. Smaller (length of ad. 12.2 in.) and more delicate grey above. 71 d. Astur etorques misoriensis (Salvad.), Am. Mus. Civ. Genov., vii., p. 904 (1875). Misori Goshawk. Solomon Is . (Rubiana, Rendova, Gizo). N. Solomon Is. (Short - land Group & Bougainville Is.). Is. of Misori, N.W. New Guinea, Jobi Is. (?) 24 Under wing and tail-coverts whitish ; thighs reddish white. 71e. Astur etorques pulchellus Ramsay, Jnl. Linn. Soc.,xvi., p. 131(1881). Ramsay's Goshawk. h. Above paler ashy grey ; crown bluish ; tail uniform ; below paler salmon colour, with remains of white bars on breast, more numerous on abdomen. 72. Astur sylvestris (Wall.), P.Z.S., 1863, pp. 484, 487. Flore s Goshawk. i. Above bluish grey ; tail with 5 or 6 blackish bars ; below salmon rufous, with white cross bars. 73. Astur badius badius (Gmel.), S.N., i., p. 280 (1788). Ceylonese Shikra. Larger and lighter grey. 73a. Astur badius dussumieri Temm., PI. Col., livr. 52, pi. 308 (1824) Shikra Solomon Is. (Cape Pitt, Florida Is., Guadalcanar, Ysabel Is.) Lesser Sunda Is. (Flores). Ceylon. Travancore. Whole of Indian Peninsula. 73b. 73c. Above paler bluish ; below with broader and brighter vinous bands. Astur badius poliopsis (Hume), Stray Feathers, ii., 1874, p. 325. Hume's Shikra. Tail slightly longer and more barred. Astur badius cenchroides Severtz, Turkist. Jevotn., p. 63 (1873). Severtzow's Shikra. Burma, Assam, Cachar, Tenasserim, Siam, and Gamboja to to Cochin China, Formosa. Central Asia (Turkestan), Baluchistan, E. Persia and Punjab, Sind (winter). 25 Mantle blackish slate ; below paler salmon colour, vmder wing-coverts distinctly barred. 73d Astur badius brevipes Severtz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat., Moscou, xxxiii., p. 234, tab. i.-iii. (1850). Levant Shikra. Above clear bluish ashy, under wing-coverts buffy white, with faint dusky cross bars. 73e. Astur badms sphenurus (Riipp.), Neue Wirb., p. 42 (1835). Riippell's Goshawk. Below with numerous distinct narrow bars of pale rufous ; under wing-coverts barred like breast. 73f . Astur badius polyzonides (Smith), 111. Zool. S. Afr.,pl.xi.(1838). Little Barred Goshawk. Central Russia, Dalmatia, Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor, Persia, Syria, Egypt. N.E. Africa, Sudan to Senegambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria. S. Africa, N. to Nyasaland. Tail with only one indistinct subterminal bar ; under wing-coverts white. 74. Astur butleri Gurney, Bull. B.O.C., vii., p. Car Nicobar xxvii. (1898). Is., Bay of Butler's Goshawk. Bengal. Tail with 5 bars ; body below, pale buffy vinous without bars. 75. Astur soloensis soloensis (Lath.), Gen. Hist., i., China, S. in p. 209 (1821). winter to New Horsfield's Goshawk. Guinea. Tail bars obsolete above. 75a. Astur soloensis cuculoides Temm., PI. pi. 110, 129 (1823). Chinese Goshawk. Col. 76. N. China, S. in winter to Malay Archipelago. Head, neck and upper part of mantle light greyish white ; rest of upper parts slate grey ; tail uniform ; below vinous rusty red. Astur pallidiceps (Salvad.), Orn. d. Papuasia, Bouru. etc., i., p. 64 (1879). White-headed Goshawk. 26 1. Above as last, but tail with blackish bars ; below entirely white. 77. Astur poliocephaltis (Gray), P.Z.S., 1858, pp. 170, 189. Grey-headed Goshawk. m. Above uniform slate colour ; tail with 7 darker bars ; below entirely white. 78. Astur francescii francescii (Smith), Afr. Q. Jnl., ii., p. 280 (1834). Frances's Goshawk. Smaller and darker above. 78a, Astur francescii pusillus Gurney, Ibis, 1875, p. 258. Joanna Island Goshawk. n. Above brownish ash colour ; below white barred with dull ashy. 79 Astur clarus clarus (Lath.), Ind. Om. Suppl., p.xiii.(1801). Grey Goshawk. 79a. Astur clarus cooktowni (Math.), Nov. Zool., xviii.,p.245(1912). Northern Grey Goshawk. o. Above and below pure white. 80. Astur novcehollandice (Gmel.), S.N., i., p. 264 (1788). White Goshawk. Smaller ; wing ^ 7.8 against 10.4 in. 80a. Astur novcehollandice leucosomus Sharpe, Cat. Bds. B.M., i., p. 119 (1874). Lesser White Goshawk. p. Above slate black ; below white streaked and barred with black. 81. Astur eudiabolus Roth. & Hart., Bull. B.O.C., XXXV., p. 8 (1914). Black-and-White Goshawk. q. Above blackish slate ; below white. 82. Ast^lr haplochrous (Sclat.), Ibis, 1859, p. 275, pi. viii. Black-throated Goshawk. New Guinea, Salawati, Mysol, Waigiou and Aru Is. Madagascar. Joanna or Anjuan Is, (Comoro Group). E. side of Australia. N. Queens- land. Tasmania, N.S. Wales, S. Australia. New Guinea, Waigiou, N. Queens- land ? Mountains of Brit. New Guinea. New Caledonia, 83. 27 Above black, or blackish slate ; tail unbanded ; below white, with or without slight greyish shading or vermiculations on sides of chest. Length, O. about 18 in., c^, about 14 in. Astur albigularis albigularis (Gray), Ann. N.H., (4) v., p. 327 (1870). White-throated Goshawk. Larger ; cheeks white ; below with some black shaft streaks and cross bars [doubtful form]. 83a. Astur albigularis meyerianus Sharpe, Jnl. Linn. Soc, xiii., p. 458, pi. xxii. (1877). Mever's Goshawk. Solomon Islands (S. Christoval Ugi, Guadal- canar.) Jobi Is. N.W. New Guinea, Ceram-Laut. Tail with 4 whitish bands above ; cheeks and ear-coverts black. 84. Astur jardinei* Gurney, Ibis, 1887, p. 96, pi. Brit. Guiana, iii. Jardine's Goshawk. Above dark lead grey ; below pale grey. 85. Astur poliogaster (Temra.), PI. Col., i., pi. 264 Brazil (1824). (Ypanama), Grey-bellied Goshawk. Paraguay C. With a well defined rufous neck band. a. Above brown ; crown black, crested ; tail with 4 black bands ; below, chest rufous, rest of under parts white barred with black. 86. Astur pectoralis Bp., Rev. et Mag. de Zool., Brazil, 1850, p. 490. Guiana, Red-collared Goshawk. Ecuador. b. Above brownish slate ; inner webs of tail- feathers obscurely barred ; below, breast rufous brown barred with slate, rest paler barred with white. 87. Astur natalis Lister, P.Z.S., 1888, p. 523. Christmas Christmas Island Goshawk. Is. * If the later ascertained locality of this form, British Guiana, is correct it must be a perfectly valid species, and can have little direct relationship with A. a. albigularis. Dr. Hartert, who examined the description of Oustalet's Astur sharpei (Bull. Soc. Philom. (6), xi., p. 25, 1875) with me, thinks it is merely an example of A, albigularis albigularis, and I have therefore omitted it. 28 c. Above light bluish grey ; tail not visibly barred ; throat white ; below pale vinous red, length, ^, 13.5 ; $,16.5 in. 88. Astur rufitorques Peale, U.S. Explor. Exped.. Fiji Islands. p. 68, pi. 19 (1848). Fijian Goshawk. Larger ; above darker, except head ; below with some white bars ; throat bluish grey. 89. Astur griseigularis griseigularis Gray, P.Z.S., Molucca Is. 1850, p. 343. (Halmahera, Grey-throated Goshawk. Batchian, etc.), Obi. Is. 89a. Astur griseigularis buruensis. Streseman, Nov. Bouru, ZooL, xxi., p. 381 (1914). S. Moluccas. Smaller ; above as A. rufitorques ; below pale vinous red ; belly white. 90. Astur albiventris Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Ke or Kei Is. Genov., vii., p. 982 (1875). Moluccas. WTiite-bellied Goshawk. Above lighter. 91. A sttir polionotus Sal vad . , Mem . Accad . , Torino , Timor xl., p. 147 (1889). Laut. Tenimber Is. Goshawk. d. Above black ; tail barred on inner webs only ; below vinous chestnut ; throat black. 92. Astur melanochlamys melanochlamys (Sal vad.), N.W. New Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov., vii., p. 905 (1875). Guinea. Black-backed Goshawk. Mount Goliath, Dutch New Guinea. Above more slaty black ; below paler. 92a. Astur melanochlamys schistacinus Rothsch. and Hart., Nov. Zool., xx., p. 482 (1913). Mt. Goliath Goshawk. e. Above greyish brown ; tail with numerous darker bars ; below white, barred with pale rufous ; thighs and under wing and tail- coverts white. 93. Astur torquatus torquatus (Temm.), PI. Col., i., Timor, pi. 43 (1823). Collared Goshawk. 93a. Astur torquatus sumbaensis (A. B, Meyer), Lesser Sunda Abhandl. Ber. Mus., Dresd., 1892-3, p. 3. Is. (Sumba). Sumba Goshawk. 29 f. Above similar to last ; below dull rufous, narrowly barred with white and ashy ; under wing-coverts dull rufous barred with fulvous. Size larger, $, 20 in. 94. Astur fasciatus fasciatus Vig. & Horsf .. Tr. Linn, Soe., XV., p. 181 (1827). Australian Goshawk. E. Australia, S. to Tas- mania, Norfolk Is. Smaller : " wing 236 mm." 94a. Astur fasciatus didimus (Math.), Austral Avian Rec., i., p. 33 (1912). Northern Goshawk. Below paler ; under wing-coverts barred with vinous giey. 94b. Astur fasciatus cruentus Gould. P.Z.S.. 1842, p. 113 (1843). West Australian Goshawk. 94c. Astur fasciatus polycriptus Rothsch. and Hart, Nov. Zool., xxii., p. 53 (1915). 94d. Astur fasciatus insularis, ¥. Sarasin, Novse Caledonia Zool. Aves, p. 8 (1913). Below rich vinous salmon colour, with remains of white cross-bars. 95. Astur wallacii Sharpe, Cat. Bds. B.M., i., p. 128, pi. 5 (1874). Wallace's Goshawk. N.W. Australia, Northern Territory. W. Australia. New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, D'Entrecas- teaux Group, Waigiou Is. New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Loyalty Is. Lesser Sunda Is. (Lombok), S.W. Islands, Moluccas. Gen. XXV. NISOIDES Pollen (1866). Hinder aspect of tarsus scaled ; commissure of bill perfectly straight. Above slaty black ; nape and base of scapulars mottled with white and upper tail-coverts tipped with same ; tail with about 8 darker 30 96. bands ; below white barred with rufous brown ; throat streaked with black ; length, ,^, 11.5, wing 6 in. Nisoides moreli Pollen, Bull. Soc. Sc. Reun., W. Coast of 1866, p. 62. Madagascar. Morell's Goshawk. Gen. XXVI. ACCIPITER Briss. (1760). Bill with distinct festoon to cutting margin of upper mandible ; nostrils oval ; tarsus long, slender and smooth ; toes long and slender, particularly the middle one, which is more than twice ridge of bill (without cere). Maximum size (^, 15.8 : $, 18 in. Minimum ^j^, 8.8 ; $, 10.5 in. Key to the NATURAii Groups and Species (Adults). A. Thighs banded ; no collar round neck. a. Above bluish slate ; nape more or less mottled with white ; tail with about 4 darker bands ; below white, breast barred with rufous or brown : flanks rufous. 97. Accipiter nisus nisus (Linn.), S.N., i., p. 92 (1758). Common Sparrow-Hawk. Smaller, darker above, more closely and thickly barred below. 97a. Accipiter nisus woUerstorffi Kleinschm., Orn. Mb., ix., p. 168 (1901). Sardinian Sparrow-Hawk. Europe and N. Asia, in winter to Algeria, N.E. Africa, India, China. Sardinia. Above bluer. 97b. Accipiter nisus punicus Erlanger, Orn. Mb., v., p. 187 (1897). Tunisian Sparrow-Hawk. 97c. Astur nisus nisisimilis Tickell, Jnl. As. Soc. Beng. ii., p. 571 (1833). Indian Sparrow-Hawk Tunis. India, Kashmir, Assam, Burma, Afghanistan, Turkestan. in Above lighter and greyer, with dark shaft stripes ; dark tail bands nearly obsolete ; below barred with greyish. 97d. Accipiter nisus ^aliens Stein., Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus., xvi., p. 625 (1893). Kamtschatkan Sparrow-Hawk. Insular race [with light and dark phases.] 97e. Accipiter nisus teneriffce Laubmaim, Verhandl. Orn. Ges., xi., p. 164 (1912). Teneriffe Sparrow Hawk. Blackish slaty above, darkest on head and nape ; bars on tail broad and pronounced ; below with bars broad and decided. 97f. Accipiter nisus melanoschistus Hume, Ibis, J869, p. 356. Himalayan Sparrow-Hawk. 97g. Accipiter nisus ladygini* Bianchi, Ann. Mus. St. Petersb., viii., p. 11 (1903). Above blackish brown ; below white, barred v/ith greyish black. 98. Accipiter granti Sharpe, Ann. & Mag. N.H. (6), v., p. 483 (1890). Madeiran Sparrow-Hawk. Above slaty blue ; below white, barred with pale rufous ; the flanks barred like breast. 99. Accipiter fuscus fuscus (Gmel.), S.N.,i., p. 280 (1788). Sharp-shinned Hawk. Paler and more cinnamomeous below ; thighs with cinnamon rufous predominating. 99a. Accipler fuscus rufilatus (Ridgw.), Pr. U.S. Mus., xi., p. 92 (1888). Western Sharp-shinned Hawk. Smaller and more slender ; cheeks rufous below nearly white, especially the thighs. 99b. Accipiter fuscus fringilloides\ (Vig.), Zool, Jnl. iii., p. 434 (1828) [ex Cuba]. Cuban Sparrow-Hawk. Kamtschatka, Japan. Teneriffe. Himalayas. E. Thibet. Madeira. N. America, in winters, to Guatemala. West U.S., W. to RockyMts., N. to Kodiak, S. to Cent. America. Cuba, Haiti (?). * Judging from description this form and Hume's melanoschistus are very near one another, if not the same, t If the Cuban and Haitian forms are the same, they should be called A. fuscus striatus (Vieill.) as being the older name. 32 Below rufous, the feathers spotted on, both webs or barred with white ; upper breast more or less uniform rufous. 100. Accipiter cooperi cooperi (Bp.), Am. Orn., i., pi. 10, f. 1 (1828). Cooper's H£.wk. Female with markings of lower parts denser and rather deeper in colour ; more rufous on thighs. Male scarcely differs from typical form. 100 a,. Accipiter cooperi mexicanus Swains., Faun. Bor. Am., ii., p. 45, footnote (1831) [ex Mexico]. Mexican Sparrow-Hawk. Sides of neck, a band running to hind neck, and upper part of breast greyish ash. lOOh. Accipiter cooperi gundlachi (Lawr.), Ann. Lye. N.Y., vii., p. 252 (1862). Gundlach's Sparrow-Hawk. Above slaty grey ; below white, throat un- spotted, rest minutely banded or vermiculated with greyish brown. 101. Accipiter superciliosus (Lirm.), S.N., i., p. 128 (1766). [=A. tinus, auct. plur.] Eyebrowed Sparrow-Hawk. b. Above slaty black ; upper tail-coverts tipped with white ; tail with 2 faint paler bands, and 2 large spots of white on inner webs ; below white, sides bright chestnut, below narrowly barred with rufous. 102. Accipiter minullus minullus (Daud.), Traite, ii., p 88 (1800). Little Sparrow-Hawk. Sides paler ; bars darker and broader. 102a.. Accipiter minullus intermedius Eriang., J. Orn., pp. 171-6, 1904. 102h. Accipiter minullus hilgerti Eriang., J. Orn., pp. 171-6, 1904. N. America (Middle and Southern U.S.). W. United States to C. America. Cuba. Tropical S. America, N. to Panama. S. Africa, to to Mozam- bique on E. and Angola onW. Abyssinia (S. Shoa). Arusi, Galla Land, N.E. Africa. 33 102c.Accipiter minullus tropicalis (Reich.), Jr. f . O., E. Africa, p. 139, 1898. Upper tail-coverts conspicuously white ; barrings below blackish brown with very little rufous. lQ2d.Accipiter minullus erythropus (Hartl.), J.f.O., W.Africa, 1855, p. 354. Gold Coast to Red-legged Sparrow-Hawk. Cameroon s. c. Above dark ashy grey ; tail, with 4 darker bars, alternated with paler bands , in centre of each of which is a white spot ; below white with narrow grey bands. 103. Accipiter ovampensis Gurney, Ibis, 1875, p. Ovampo 367, pi. vi. Land, S.W. Gurney's Sparrow-Hawk. Africa, to Zambesi Country, Nyasaland, S. Abyssinia, Gambaga (Gold Coast). d. Above blackish brown ; tail uniform above, with paler bands beneath ; below white, thickly barred with greyish black. 104. Accipiter madagascariensis Verr., S. Air. Q. Madagascar. Jnl., ii., p. 282 (1834). Madagascar Sparrow-Hawk. B. Thighs nearly uniform brown, with slight remains of white cross bars ; an ill-defined white collar on hind neck, a. Above sooty brown ; tail with 5 darker bands ; below white, broadly barred with rufous brown. 105. Accipiter collaris (Kaup), MS. in Mus. Brit. Colombia, unde ; Scl., Ibis, 1860, p. 148, pi. 6. Semi-collared Sparrow-Hawk. C. Thighs barred ; red collar on hind neck. a. Above bluish ash ; tail almost uniform above, but with numerous darker bars below on inner webs ; below broadly barred with vinous red and greyish white. 106. Accipiter cirrocephalus (Vieill.), N. Diet., x., E.Australia, p. 329 (1817). Collared Sparrow-Hawk. 34 Darker above. 106a,. Accipiter cirrocephahis broomei (Math.), Nov. W.Australia, Zool., xviii., p. 247 (1912) . Northern Broome's Sparrow-Hawk. Territory. Above clearer bluish slate ; below brighter rufescent with less distinct whitish bars ; thighs with bare indications of bars. lOGh.Accipiter cirrocephalus papuanus Rothsch. Dutch New & Hart., Nov. Zool., xx., p. 482 (1913). Guinea. Papuan Sparrow-Hawk. D. Thighs uniform ashy grey ; red collar on hind neck. a. Above blackish slate ; red collar extending to upper interscapulary region ; tail with 10 or 11 darker bands, obsolete on outermost feathers ; below pale ashy grey, sides of neck chestnut. 107. Accipiter rubricoUis Wall., P.Z.S., 1863, pp. Moluccas 19, 21, pi. iv. (Morotai, Red -collared Sparrow-Hawk. Bouru), Above " dark blue slaty grey " ; rufous collar round hind neck. 108. Accipiter brachyurus (Ramsay), Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., iv., p. 465 (1879) b. Bars on tail nearly obsolete ; below uniform clear vinous, paler on thighs ; lower abdomen white. 109. Accipiter erythrauchen erythrauchen Gray, P.Z.S., 1860, p. 344. Grey-throated Sparrow-Hawk. 109a. Accipiter erythrauchen ceramensis, Schl., Mus. P.B. Astures, p. 39 (1862) E. Thighs greyish white ; no nuchal collar. a. Above bluish grey ; sides of face and neck very pale ; below clear vinous red ; tail blackish slate above, with 4 or 5 dark bars beneath. 110. Accipiter rhodogaster (Schl.), Mus. P.B. Astures, p. 32 (1862). Red-bellied Sparrow-Hawk. S.E. New Guinea. Moluccas (Halmahera Batchian, Obi Is.) Ceram. Celebes. 35 Above darker slate grey ; sides of face and neck vinous like under parts. 110a,. A ccipiter rhodogaster sulaensis (Schl.)., Vog. Ned. Ind. Valke, pp. 26, 64, pi. 16, f . 3, 4 (1866). Sula Is. Sparrow -Hawk. F. Thighs rufous or ochraceous ; no nuchal collar. a. Above slaty grey ; tail brown with about 5 ashy brown bars ; cheeks and under surface white, with a few dusky shaft lines and bars on breast and flanks ; thighs chestnut. 111. Accipiter erythrocnemis Gray, List Accipitr. B.M., p. 70 (1848). Grey-backed Sparrow -Hawk. Above darker and browner ; head blackish ; thighs pale ochre. 112. Accipiter chionogaster (Kaup), P.Z.S., 1851, p. 41. White-bellied Sparrow-Hawk, Sula Islands. S. America, Brazil to Bolivia. Central America. (Guatemala, Nicaragua) Above plumbeous ; thighs cinnamon rufous.* 113. Accipiter salvini (Ridgw.), Bull. U.S. Geol. Venezuela. Surv., ii., p. 121 (1876). Salvin's Sparrow-Hawk. b. Above deep slaty grey, including sides of face ; below chestnut. 114. Accipiter ventralis ventralis Sclat., P.Z.S., 1866, S. America, p. 303. Venezuela to Chestnut-bellied Sparrow-Hawk. Colombia. Above and below plumbeous ; abdomen mixed with ferruginous rufous. Ilia,. Accipiter ventralis nigriplumheous Lawr., Ann. Ecuador Lye. N.Y., ix., p. 270 (1869). and Peru. Plumbeous Sparrow-Hawk. c. Above deep slate ; nape mottled with white ; side of face and under surface tawny rufous. 115. Accipiter rufiventris Smith, S. Afr. Q. Jnl., i., S. Africa, p. 231 (1830). Togoland. African Sparrow-Hawk. 115a. Accipiter rufiventris perspicillaris Riipp., Neue Abyssinia. Wirb. Vog., p. 41 (1836). Abyssinian Sparrow-Hawk. * I have an ad. (J from Escorial, Venez., snowy-white below, with reddish- white thighs Ughtly barred with dusky, which seems to constitute a new form. 36 d. Above slaty black, lower upper tail -coverts white ; tail with 2 bars of white on inner webs ; below chestnut. 116. Accipiter sharpei Eeich., Vog. Afrikas i n 564, pi. 2 (1901). ' ■' ^ ■ Sharpe's Sparrow-Hawk, G. Thighs greyish, with traces of bars ; no nuchal collar. a. Like A. sharpei above, but no white spots on centre tail feathers ; below, rufous colour paler on sides. 117. Accipiter hartlaubi (Verr.). in Hartl Orn W Afr., p. 15 (1857). ' "' ' " Hartlaub's Sparrow-Hawk. b. With 2 white spots on centre tail feathers ; breast faintly barred with grey; sides pale vinous. 118. Accipiter batesi Sharpe, Bull. B.O C xiii p. 50 (1902). Bates's Sparrow-Hawk. H. Thighs very pale rufous or ashy to chestnut ; no nuchal collar. a. Above blackish slate ; nape mottled with white ; sides of neck washed with rufous ; tail with 3 blackish bars ; below chestnut^ paler on thighs and more or less barred below breast. Wing, r^, 6.6 ; 2, 7.4. 119. Accipiter virgatus virgatus (Temm.) PI Col i., pi 109(1823). Java Sparrow-Hawk. 119a. Accipiter virgatus besra Jerd., Madras Jnl Lit. Sci., X., p. 84 (1839). Besra Sparrow-Hawk. Larger ; wing, ^, 6.5-7.1 ; $, 8.35 ; below with markings much browner. ll^h. Accipiter virgatus affinis (Hodgs.), in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 81 (1844). Larger Besra Sparrow-Hawk. W. Africa, Cameroon to Benguela. W. Africa (Senegambia to Togoland), Cameroons. Greater Sunda Is., Java, N. Borneo, Sarawak. S. India, Ceylon. Himalayas, Andamans, Siam, Formosa, Hainan. 37 Below nearly uniform light red in ad. 9 ; the ad. rT like typical race. Wing, 9, 6.9-7.3 ; .^, 6-6.9 in. 119c .Accipiter virgatus confusus, Hart., Nov. Zool., xvii., p. 209 (1910). \= Accipiter manillensis (Meyen)]. Philippine Sparrow-Hawk. Thighs and under tail -coverts uniform chestnut ; wing 5.95 in. 119d. Accijnter virgatus rufotibialis Sharpe, Ibis, 1887, p. 437. Whitehead's Sparrow-Hawk. b. Female barred below, up to throat, with rufous or brown like A. nisus nisus. Wing av.,^, 6.45; $,7.45. 120.Accipiter gularis (Temm. & Schl.), Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 5, pi. 2 (1850). Japanese Sparrow-Hawk. c. Tail with 4 darker bars ; below pale fawn rufous, the breast mottled with white spots and half bars. Wing, ^, 8.5. ; $, 10.5. 121. Accipiter guttatus (VieilL), N. Diet., x., p. 327 (1817). White -throated Sparrow-Hawk. d. Tail with 5 black bands ; head black ; sides of face and under surface slaty blue, with blackish shaft stripes ; thighs and under wing- coverts rufous. 122. Accipiter pileatus (Temm.), PI. Col., i., pi. 205 (1824). Black-capped Sparrow-Hawk. e. Under wing-coverts white, rufous along carpal bend ; thighs rufous ; tail with 4 dark bars. 123. Accipiter bicolor (VieilL), N. Diet., x., p. 325 (1817). Four-banded SparroAV-Hawk. Philippine Islands. N.W. Borneo (Mt. Kina Balu), Sarawak (Mt. Dulit). Japan, N. China, Formosa, Malay Archipelago, Philippine Is. S. America (Paraguay and Bolivia). S. America (Brazil, Paraguay). S. Mexico to Colombia, Ecuador and Guiana. 38 f. Below ashy grey, with large white spots and bars, margined with brownish ; breast shaded with rufous ; thighs rufous ; under wing- coverts rufous mottled with brown. 124. Accipiter chilensis Phil. & Landb., Arch. f. Naturg.,1864,p.43. Chilian Sparrow-Hawk. I. Thighs black ; no nuchal collar. a. Above black ; tail brown with 5 blackish bands ; below black, most of feathers with concealed white bases or spots. 125. Accipiter melanoleucus Smith, S. Afr. Q. Jnl., i., p. 229 (1830). Black-and-White Sparrow-Hawk. Chile to Str. of Magellan, Patagonia. S. Africa, W. Africa (Cameroon Gold Coast, Gaboon, Niger), Cape Verde Is., Abyssinia, Uganda. \ OCT \ A^v. PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE CARDS OR SLIPS FROM THIS POCKET UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARY