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Ob.t. There can be no doubt that Mr. Gurney and I were wrong 

 in determining the bird here described to be the young of A. hart- 

 lauhi. Although bearing great resemblance in immature plumage, 

 I have since determined that A. hartlauhi is a true Sparrow-Hawk ; 

 and Mr. Stevenson, who kindly measured the type in the Norwich 

 Museum for me, has convinced me that it is also a member of the 

 genus Aecipiter, whereas the bird in question is a veritable Goshawk, 

 and agrees sufficiently well with A. tibudis to warrant its being 

 referred to that species. 



15. Astur badius. 



This species includes five races or subspecies, which, although 

 recognizable to the experienced eye, yet present so many closely 

 allied characters, that no certain distinction can be drawn between 

 them. 



Subsp. a. Astur badius. 



The Brown Hawk, Broton, III. Zool. p. 6, pi. 3 (1776). 



Falco badius, Gm. S. N. i. p. 280 (1788, ex Srown); Baud. Traite, 



ii. p. 86 (1800). 

 Falco browuii, Shntc, Gen. Zoul. vii. pt. 1, p. 169 (1809). 

 Sparvius badius, Vieill. N. Bid. (THist. Mat. x. p. 318 (1817). 

 Falco dussumiei-i, Tcmm. PI. Col. i. pis. 308, 330 (1824). 

 Nisus dussumieri, Less. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 99 (1828) ; id. Traite, p. 59 



(1831) ; Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 638. 

 Astur dussumieri, Ciiv. Regne An. i. p. 332 (1829) ; Blyth, Ann. N. 



H. xii. p. 91 (1843) ; id. J. A. S. B. xii. p. 308 (1843). 

 Aecipiter dukhunensis, St/kes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 79, et J. A. S. B. iii. 



p. 419 (1834) ; Jerd. 3Iad,\ Journ. x. p. 83 (18-39). 

 Aecipiter badius, Strickl. Ann. N. H. xiii. p. 33 (1844) ; Grag, Gen 



B. i. p. 29 (1849) ; Strickl. Orn. Sgn. p. 106 (1855) : Sharpe, Ibis, 



1870, p. 424. 

 Aecipiter scutarius, Hodgs. in Grag's Zool. Misc. p. 81 (1844). 

 Aecipiter fringillaroides, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 81 (1844). 

 Astur badius, Kaiip, Isis, 1847, p. 190. 

 Astur bifasciatus, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exp. p. 70, pi. 20 (1848) ; Hartl. 



Arch. f. Naturg. 1852, p. 96. 

 Micronisus badius, Bp. Consp. i. p. 33 (1850) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. 



xix. p. 332 (1850) ; Kaiip, Cont. Orn. 1850, p. 66 ; Jerd. B. Ind. 



i. p. 48 (1862); Blgth, Ibis, 1863, p. 16; Bear. P. Z. S. 1868, 



p. 394; Hume, Roxi/h Notes, i. p. 117 (1869); Gray, Hand-l. B. 



1. p. 35 (1869) ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 411. 

 Nisus badius, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 538 ; ScJil. Mus. 



P.-B. Astures, p. 48 (1862) ; id. Nederl Tidschr. iii. p. 359 (1866) ; 



id. Revue Accipitr. p. 92 (1873). 



Young. Above ashy brown, all the feathers edged with pale 

 rufous, the head and neck more plainly washed with this colour, 

 and mottled with white ; lores and a distinct e}'ebrow whitish, the 

 latter streaked with dark brown ; ear-coverts pale brown, tinged 

 with rufous and narrowly streaked with darker brown ; under sur- 

 face of body white, the under tail-coverts unstreaked, the throat 

 with a broad central lino of dark brown, the breast streaked with 



