ACCIPITPxES— AC^riLID.^-: 197 



A. nisus grant! Sliarpc. Founded on 9 ; back darker, 

 undcrparts in some more broadly barred and bars blacker. Size 

 inclined to be smaller. Win<4 (^ i«^9-i99, ? 222-232 (H.). (All 

 specimens of 9 can be matched in a scries of "nisus," but two 

 (^ from Tenerife arc very rufous on breast.) 



y?^.f/rt'tv//'.— Madeira, Canary Islands (Tenerife and Gran 

 Canaria). 



A. nisus wolterstorffl Klcinschmidt. Smaller and darker, 

 under tail coverts always barred or spotted (traces of these are 

 seen in typical form). Wing ^ 181-183, 9 216-222 (H.). 



Reside fif. — Corsica, Sardinia. 



Accipiter brevipes (Severtzoff). 



(^ Resembles " nisus ■" but larger, cheeks grey, bars on undcr- 

 parts broader, bill, legs and feet more massive, tarsus and middle 

 toe shorter. Bill black. Cere, legs and feet yellow. Iris reddish 

 brown with inner yellow ring. 9 Above brown grey ; beneath 

 white, throat with brown spots, remainder with reddish brown 

 bars becoming narrower near the vent and disappearing on 

 under tail coverts. Wing $ 215-222, ? 229-240. Tarsus 46-49. 

 Middle toe 28-29. Bill from cere 12-13 (H.). Young : beneath 

 white with very large drop-like brown streaks. 



Breeds. — Balkan Peninsula, Greece, Rumania, and S. Russia 

 to Caucasus ; also Asia Minor and Palestine. Migrates ; occurs 

 Egypt, Arabia, and S.W. Persia in winter ; rare visitor to Europe 

 west of breeding range. 



MiLVUS. 

 Tarsus short, lower half bare and covered with broad 

 scales in front ; tail long, forked ; resemble Eagles and 

 Buzzards in habits but often seen soaring at high altitudes; 

 food, small mammals and birds, reptiles, insects, etc. ; nest 

 on trees or cliffs; eggs resemble those of Buzzards, but 

 variable. 



Milvus milvus milvus (L.) Kitk. Fr. Milan royal ; 

 Ger. Gabelweihe ; Hal. Nibbio ; Swed. Glada. 



(^ 9 Above dark brown, with conspicuous rufous margins ; 

 tail deeply forked, rufous ; crown, neck and throat buffy white with 



