1 16 FALCONin^. 



above, greyish ash- colour below, inclining to white near base of 

 feathers aiul crossed with five bauds of darker brown, the siibter- 

 minal one broadest ; cere yellow ; biU horn-brown ; feet yellow, 

 claws black ; iris dark brown. Total length 12-2 inches, culmen 

 0-75, wing 8, tail 5, tarsus 2. 



Hah. North China, southwards to the Moluccas. 



a. Ad. St. North China. — Fortuue, Esq. [C.]. 



h. Ad. sk. Celebes. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



18. Astur franciscse. 



Accipiter francesii, Smith, S. Afr. Q. Joiim. ii. p. 280 (1834) ; Gray, 



Cat. Accipitr. p. «6 (1844); id. Gen B. i. p. 29 (1849); Hartl. 



Ann. N. H. (2) ii. p. 387 (1848) ; Strickl Orn. Syn. p. 115 (1855) ; 



Hartl. Faun. Mwlaq. p. 20 (1861) ; Scl. Ibis, 1864, p. 298, pi. vii. ; 



Grand. Rev. et Mac/, de Zool. 1867, p. 321 ; Sclil. S( Poll. Faun. 



Mada</. Ois. p. 36 (1868) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 868. 

 Nisus francesii, Kaiqy, Isis, 1847, p. 173 ; Schl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 420 ; 



id. Mas. P.-B. Revue Accipitr. p. 94 (1873). 

 Micronisus francesii, Bp. Consp. i. p. 33 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 35 (1869j. 

 Scelospiza francesii, Kaup, Cmitr. Orn. 1850, p. 63. 

 Scelospiza franciscse, Bp. Rev. et 31ag. de Zool. 1854, p. 538. 

 Nisus madagascariensis, Hartl. Faun. Madaq. p. 20 (1861); Roch iSf 



E. Neivt. Ibis, 1862, p. 268 ; E. Newt. Ibis, 1863, p. 337. 

 Micronisus madagascariensis, A. Netut. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 833. 

 Accipiter franciscae, Gurney, Ibis, 1869, p. 447. 



Young. Above brown, the nape and hind neck strongly mottled 

 with white, of which the bases are composed ; quiUs brown, some- 

 what shaded with rufous externally, and barred across with darker 

 brown ; tail brown, more or less washed with rufous and crossed 

 with eight bars of darker browu ; underneath dull white, trans- 

 versely banded with broad vinous-brown bars, less distinct on the 

 throat, cheeks, and under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts ochra- 

 ceous, barred with brown. 



Adult male. Above clear slate-colour, a little paler on the sides of 

 the neck ; lores and sides of face white ; the ear-coverts a little 

 shaded with dusky; under surface of body, including the under 

 wing- and tail-coverts entirely white ; wings a little darker slate- 

 colour than the back, the secondaries washed with paler grey with 

 concealed white bases ; primaries blackish brown, barred with black 

 on the inner web, more distinctly on the lower face of the wing, 

 which is white near the base ; tail ashy brown, with seven bars of 

 darker brown on the inner web, becoming obsolete on the outer- 

 most and two centre rectrices, more distinct on the under surface 

 of the feathers, which are pale greyish ; bill bluish black ; feet yel- 

 low ; iris yellow. Total length 11-3 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 6-2, 

 tail 5-5, tarsus 2. 



Adult female. Larger than the male. Total length 13 inches, 

 wing 6-85, tail 6-4, tarsus 2-05. 



Hab. Madagascar and Joanna Island. 



