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land, an adult pair from the Alligator River in " Northern Territory," and an 

 adult pair from West Kimbevley and Point Cloates. These seem to confirm the 

 three races accepted by Mr. Mathews. The two birds from the Alligator River 

 are not so brownish, but more reddish underneath, and the white cross-bars in 

 the male an- narrower and more numerous. The female from Point Cloates and 

 the male from West Kimberley are somewhat larger, and the underside is more 

 cinnamon-rufous, less brownish ; the white bars are rather narrow. 



The series from Qneensland would be A.fasciatus fasciatus, the pair from the 

 Northern Territory A. falciatus didimiis, the pair from Point Cloates and West 

 Kimberley A.f. cruentus. 



In addition to these races, which require further confirmation by better series 

 from the northern and western parts of Australia, we have another from New 

 Guinea, at least a number of birds, undoubtedly of a race hitherto undescribed 

 and in our opinion a form of A.fasciatus. AVe name this race 



Accipiter fasciatus polycryptus subsp. nov. 



It differs from (the males oV) A. f. fasciatus very strikingly by the more 

 reddish colour of the underside with very narrow, in places obsolete, whitish bars, 

 and smaller size. It is therefore more similar to A.f. cruentus and didimus, but 

 still more and lighter reddish underneath and less sharply barred, also markedly 

 smaller. The colonr of the upporside is also slightly more bluish. None of our 

 females is adult ; the one showing a rufous underside with narrow white bars 

 has still some feathers of the juvenile plumage (white with brown stripes), and has 

 as yet only a few grey feathers on the upperside, which shows mostly still the 

 brown juvenile feathers. 



W'e have the following specimens oiA.f.poli/cri/ptus : 



(? ad., " Sogeri district," 2000-3500 ft., British New Guinea (evidently a 

 Weiske-skin). Purchased in London (type of subspecies). Wing 230 ram. 



(? ad., Nicnra, British New Guinea, 24. vii. 1893. Li.^ coll. "Iris janne 

 orange, pattes janne orange." Wing 232 mm. 



S ad., Kumusi River, British New Guinea, 6. vii. 1907. No. 3293, A. S. Meek 

 coll. " Iris golden yellow ; bill black and slate ; feet lemon yellow." Wing 

 (worn) about 230 mm. 



? semi-ad. Stephansort, German New Guinea. Miiller coll., 1901 (pur- 

 chased from Rolle). 



¥ juv., German New Guinea. Cotton & Webster coll. 



¥ juv., " Sogeri district," 2000-3.500 ft. (evidently a skin made by Emil 

 Weiske). Purchased in London. 



cJ juv., Owgarra, Angabunga River, 17. xi. 1904. No. A, 1865, A. S. Meek coll. 



" Iris steel grey ; bill black and slate ; feet dull jjale yellow." 



23. Accipiter hiogaster etorques (Salvad.). 



[Falco hiof/aster S. Miiller, Vtrh. Xal. Gesch. Nederl. Incl, Land- en Volkmk. p. 110 (1841 — 



Amboiua).] 

 Urospizias etorques Salvadori, Ann. Mas. Civ. Geit. vii. p. 901 (1875— New Guiaea and Salwatti). 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. xii. p. 251 ; xxi. pp. 72, 73. 



(? ¥ ad., (? ¥ jnv., Waigiu, November and December 1902. John Waterstradt 

 coll. 



? ad., Mafor, March 1897. W. Doherty coll. 



