218 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 



Subfamily ACCIPITRIN^. 

 Genus Accipiter, Briss. 



78. Accipiter fuscus^ (Gm.) Gray. Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



Falco fuscus, Gm., Lath., Daud., Bp., Nutt.,Au(l., Brewer. 



Accipiter fuscus, Bp., Cass., Bd., Scl., and most late authors. 



Asiur fuscus, Aud., DeKay, Gir. 



Kisus fuscus, Kaup., Finsch., B. B. «fe R. 



Falco dubiua, Gm., Lath., Daud. 



Accipiter striaius, Vieil. 



Falco relax, "Wils., Bp. 



Accipiter relax, Vig., Steph. 



Falco peimsyliHinicus, Wils. 



Nisus pennsylvanicus, Cuv. 



Accipiter pennsylr aniens, Vig., Steph., Sw. «& Rich., Jard., Sw. 



Sparvius lineatus, Vieil. 



Accipiter ardosiacus, Vieil. 



Female: Length, 12 to 14; wing, 7^ to 8; tail, 6^ to 7. 



Male: Length, 10 to 11; wing, 6 to 6J; tail, 5 to 5 J. 



Eah. — The whole of North America; south to Panama. Bahamas. 

 (B. B. & R.) 



Colonel Wedderburn has a specimen in his collection, shot near Pen- 

 niston's Pond on the 23d February,* 1853, and Mr. Bartram has another, 

 shot by himself near Stock's Point. 



Genus ASTUR, Lacdp^de. 



79. Astur atricapillus, (Wils.) Jard. American Goshawk. 



Falco atricapillus, Wils., Wag , Nutt. 



Hierafalco atricapillus, Cuv. 



Sparvius atricapillus, Vieil. 



Astur atricapillus, Jard. & Selby, Bp., Kaup., Cass., and late authors. 



Falco palumiarius, Bp., Aud. 



Accipiter palumharius, Sw. &. Rich. 



Astur palumbarius, Aud., Gir. 



Astur palumharius, var. atricapillus, Ridg., B. B. <& R. 



Falco regalis, Temm. 



Dcedalian pictum, Less. 



Female: Length, 22 to 24; wing, about 14; tail, 10^ to 11. 



Male: Length about 20; wing, 12i; tail, 9^. 



Hah. — North America, chiefly in the northwestern portions. (Baird.) 



I examined two specimens in Mr. Bartram's collection, the only ones 

 that have occurred. One is a fine adult, shot on Somerset Island some 

 twelve years since; the other is in immature plumage, with the close 

 barring of the under parts only just commencing to appear on the thighs. 



