20 



Less broAviiish, i^urer grey 

 GOb. Astur gentilis schvedowi Menz. 

 Eur. Russia, p. 439 (1882). 

 Siberian Goshawk. 



Orii. Geogr. 



N. Asia to 

 Thibet. 



" White " race. 

 60c. Astur gentilis candidissimus Dyb., Bull. Soc. 

 Zool. France, viii., p. 353 (1883), 

 Kamtschatka Goshawk. 



Kamtschatka 



61. 



Above bhiish ash, Avith blackish shaft stripes ; 



crowai deeper black ; below closely freclded 



or vermiculated, instead of barred ; tail bands 



indistinct.* 



Astur atrica])illus (Wils.), Am. Orn., vi., pi. 52, 



fig. 3 (1812). 



American Goshawk 



Markings of lower parts fine and delicate and 

 so dense as to present a nearly imiform appear- 

 ance ; tail bands obsolete. 

 61a. Astur atricapillus striatulus Ridgw., Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, iii., p. 240 (1874). 

 Western Goshawk. 



Above sepia brown ; head, neck and upper 

 mantle blackish slate ; nape A'^aried wdth white ; 

 tail with 6 irregular darker bands ; below 

 white, thickly and broadly barred \\nth. 

 blackish. 

 62. Astur hensti Schl.. Mus. P.B. Revue Accipitr., 

 p. 62 (1873). 

 Henst's Goshawk. 



N. America 

 (except 

 Pacific side), 

 ace. in Brit. 

 Isles. 



W. North 

 America, 

 Sitka to 

 Sierra 

 Nevada. 



Madagascar. 



B. Sides of croA\ii uniform with crown itself ; no 

 distinct red naj^e band ; maxinnnn length 

 20 in. (?) 



* The younp- of most species of the fienus Ast.\ir, hoih in the typical 

 group and inany sueceedinji; ones, are brown above, the feathers more or less 

 margined with ochraceous or rufous, and ochraceous or creamy white below 

 witli longitiulinal markin<rs, usually in the foim of streaks on throat and large 

 oval spots on breast and flanks, although in some species the flanks may be 

 barred. The characters given, as in other genera, are those of adult birds. 



