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- Genus Aquila, Auct. 



7. Aq. chrysaeta. Falco chrysaetos, Linn. Golden Eagle, Lath. 

 Colonel Sykes's specimen differs so slightly from the European 



bird as not to justify its separation. 



8. Aq. bifasciata, Hardwicke and Gray's Ind. Zool. 



Irides brownish yellow ochre. Sexes alike in plumage; non- 

 adult birds paler than adults. A whole rat found in the 

 stomach of one bird. A second bird was shot by Colonel 

 Sykes at the dead carcase of a royal tiger ; but it had not 

 tasted the banquet, as the stomach was empty. Length, in- 

 clusive of tail, 30 inches: tail 11 inches. 



Genus Hccmatornis , Vigors. 



9. Hcem. Bacha. Falco Bacha, Daud. pi. 22, Le Bacha, Le Vaill., 



Ois. d'Afr. pi. 15. 

 Colonel Sykes does not possess a specimen, but he identified a 

 specimen in the possession of a friend, shot in the Dukhun. 



Sub-Fam. Accipitri?ia. Hawks. 

 Genus Accipiter, Ray. Sparrow Hawk. 



10. Accipiter Dukhunensis. Ace. supra fusco-brunneus, pluma- 



rum marg'mibus pallidioribus,capite postico nuchdque albo varie- 

 gatis ; subtus albus, pectore abdomineque notis subrotundatis 

 grandibus, femorum tectricibus parvis, rufescentibus striatis ; 

 rectricibus fusco Jasciatis, Jasciis externarum confertioribus ; 

 tarsis subbrevibus. 



Irides stramineo-flavae, margine gracili nigro circumdatae. 

 Longitudo corporis 14J unc, caudce 6|, tarsi l£. 

 Sexes alike in plumage. Resembles the Ace. fringillarius, but 

 differs in the longitudinal broad reddish patches on the breast, 

 in less red on the sides, in a black narrow streak down the 

 throat, in shorter wings, in the tail having six broad bars in- 

 stead of four, in the male bird being as large as the European 

 female, and finally in the shorter tarsi and centre toes. 



1 1 . Ace. Dussumieri. Falco Dussumieri, Temm., PI. Col. 308. female. 

 Jrides bright yellow, with an exterior narrow margin of black. 



Wings short. Tail long and narrow, being only the width of the 

 upper feather. M. Temrainck's specific characters are taken 

 from a female, the male being unknown. Colonel Sykes has 

 but one specimen, and that a female, the male being unknown 

 to him. Length, inclusive of tail, 12j inches: tail 6| inches. 



Genus Astur, Auct. Goshawk. 



12. Astur Hyder. Ast. corpore supra et subtus brunneo, dorso imo 



rufescenti, plumarum r hack? bus Juscis, alarum tectricibus albo 

 notatis ; abdomine maculis albisfasciato ; Jrontis fascia gracili 

 guttureque albis, hoc lineis tribus latisfuscis, una in medio, cce- 

 teris utrinque ad latera, notato ; femorum tectricibus crissoque 

 albis, rufo fasciatis ; cauda suprh rufa , fasciis quinque graci- 

 Hbus,fere obsoktis, alteraque prope basin latd, fuscis notatd / 



