200 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



1885, 120, pi. [16]; Auk, iv, 1SS7, 41, part (Haiti); List Birds West Indies, 

 rev. ed., 1886, 22, part (Santo Domingo); Birds West Indies, 1889, 199, 

 part (Haiti); Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, 10, 98, part (Haiti and Santu 

 Domingo); Auk, xii, 1895, 279 (Dominican Republic). — Tippenhaur, Die 

 Insel Haiti. 1892. 319, 322.— Cherrie, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., orn. ser., 

 1896, 22 (crit., descr., etc.). — Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 252, part (Haiti).— 

 Verrill and Verrill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ixi, 1909, 357 

 (Miranda, Santo Domingo). — Phillips, Verh. 6th Internat. Orn. Kongr., 

 1929, 517, in text, part (Haiti). 

 Accipter fuscus fringilloides Swann, Synopt. List Accip., 1921, 31, part (Haiti). 



ACCIPITER STRIATUS FRINGILLOIDES Vigora 



Cuban Sharp-shinned Hawk 



Adult male. — Similar to that of A. s. striatus, but banding on upper 

 surface of tail somewhat more clearly defined, though not so distinct 

 as in A. s. velox; ear coverts and sides of neck brighter (with more of 

 a chestnut tinge), without dark shaft streaks and extending more 

 onto the throat, which lacks the dark shaft streaks; barring on under- 

 parts finer and more obsolete; flanks and tibiae narrowly barred with 

 grayish bro^wTi; entire abdomen and under tail coverts pure white. 

 Iris dark red; feet pale yellow; bill black, plumbeous at base. 



Adult female.— SiirnlRT to the male, but more distinctly barred on 

 the breast, and larger. 



Immature.- — Similar to that of ^. s. velox, but underparts transversely 

 barred or undulated with hair brown or fuscous; chest with the bars 

 wider, more triangular in shape, and with some admixture of tawny; 

 chin and throat finely streaked with blackish; abdomen nearly pure 

 white; "bill black on the maxilla, bluish at base; cere and bare skin 

 yellowish green; iris pale orange gray; feet yellow" (Gundlach). 



Natal down. — Not described. 



Adult male. — Wing 157; tail 131; culmen from cere 11, tarsus 50.5; 

 middle toe without claw 33 mm. (1 specimen). 



Adult female. — Wing 178-185; tail 149-158; culmen from base 12; 

 tarsus 55-60; middle toe without claw 34-37 mm. (2 specimens). 



Range. — Island of Cuba, where local and very scarce (Guantanamo, 

 Guamd, San Diego de los Banos, Bayamo, Pico Turquino near Yara, 

 near Guanabacoa, and Los Palacios, Pinar del Rio. 



Type locality. — Near Habana, Cuba. 



Accipiter fringilloides Vigors, Zool. Journ., iii, 1827, 434 (Cuba).— Lawrence, 

 Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vii, 1860, 255 (San Diego de los Bafios, 

 Bayamo, and Hanabana, Cuba; descr.; sj'n.; crit.). — Albrecht, Journ. 

 fur Orn., 1861, 201 (Cuba).— Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1861, 322 (Cuba); 

 Rep. Fisico Nat. Cuba, i, 1865-66, 224; Journ. fur Orn., 1871, 368 

 (Cuba; habits) ; Cat Aves Cubana, Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., ii, 1873, 

 100; Contr. Orn. Cubana, "1876" ( = 1873), 44; Orn. Cubana, 1895 ed., 

 25.— Gray, Hand-hst, i, 1869, 32, No. 311 (Cuba).— Sclater and Salvin, 



