22. ASTrR. 97 



Hah. Europe generally and Siberia to Kamtschatka, apparently 

 reaching beyond 00° N. lat. only in Scandinavia, extending in M'inter 

 to Algeria, Palestine, Egyj)t, the Himalayas, and Northern China. 



a,b. (S 2 ad. st. Europe. Purchased. 



c. cS <id. St. Europe. 



d. J ad. St. Europe. 



e. S juv. St. Great Britain. 

 f,g. S ? ad. St. Norfolk. 



h. c? juv. sk. Upsala, April 3, 1872. Purchased. 



t,k,l,m. c? 2 .iiiv.st. Archangel. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P. 



n, 0. PiUl. St. Archangel. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. "P. 



p. d ad. sk. Thuriiigia. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P. . 



g,r. c? 2 ad. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.] 



s,t. S 2 ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. "P. 



"• 2 juv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 'P. 



V. 2 .lu^- St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. fP. 



to. 2 JUV. sk. Corea. • ^ , >i l 



a-. Sternum. Pm-chased. 



y. Sternum. Purchased. 



s, rt'. Skull. Dr. Giinther. 



2. Astur hensti. 

 Astur hensti, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Revue Accipitr. p. 62 (1873). 



Adult female (Type of species). Above sepia-brown, the head and 

 neck,^ as well as the interscapulary region, blackish slate-colour, 

 with indications of whitish mottling over the eye and on the sides 

 of the hinder 'crown ; nape varied with white ; ear-coverts blackish, 

 like the crown ; cheeks whitish, freckled with black ; under surface 

 of body white, everywhere thickly and broadly barred with slaty 

 black, especially on the thighs, but the bars less distinct and less 

 numerous on the under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts and axilla- 

 ries exactly like the breast ; quills sepia-brown like the back, with 

 indistinct bars of darker brown, a little plainer, but very irregular 

 underneath, where the interspaces are greyish white; tail sepia^ 

 brown, slightly tipped witli white and crossed with six irregular 

 and not conterminous bands of blackish brown, a little plainer and 

 paler brown underneath, where the colour is ashy white ; bill 

 blackish horn-colour, the tooth on the upper and the base of the 

 under mandible yellowish. Total length 23 inches, culmen 1-25, 

 wing 13, tail 11-3, tarsus 3-7, middle toe (without claw) 2-35. 

 {Mus. Lufjd.) 



Adult male. Similar to the female, but smaller. Total length 19 

 inches, wing 11-1, tarsus S-IS. {Mus. Lugd.) 



Hah. Madagascar. 



3. Astur atricapillus. 



Falco atricapillus, IVils. Am. Orn. vi. pi. o2. fig. .3 (1812). 



Sparvius atricapillus, Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. 3feth. iii. p. 1274 (1823). 



Ilierofalco atricapillus, Cuv. Regne Anim. i. p. 323 (1829) 



Falco regalis, Temm. PI. Col. i. pi. 495 (1830). 



Astur atricapillus. Bp. Oss. R. A. Cuv. p. 33 (1830) : Jard. &• Selbu 



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