22. ASTCJK. 117 



a. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Sir A. Smitli [C.]. Type of 



species. 



b, c, d. 5 juv. sk. N.E. Madagascar. Heer D. C. Van Dam [C.]. 

 e. Juv. sk. S.E. Madagascar. Mr. A. Crossley [C.]. 



f. Ad. st. ? 



(/. Juv. st. Madagascar. 



h. J ad. sk. Mouvoundava, S.W. Ma- Heer D. C. Van Dam [C.]. 



dagasear. 

 *. 5juv.sk. Mouroundava, S.W. Ma- Heer D. C. Van Dam [C.]. 



dagasciir. 

 / (S ad. sk. Joanna Island. Bartle Frere, Esq. [r.]. 



19. Astur poliocephalus. 



Accipiter polioceplialus, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1858, p. 170 ; id. Cat. B. N. 



Guin. p. 16 (1859) ; Scl. P. Z. 8. 1800, p. 322, pi. x. ; Kemp, P. Z. S. 



1837, p. 177 ; Wall. Ibis, 1808, p. 12 : Gi-ay, Hand-l. B. i. p. 34 



(1869). ^ 



Nisiis poliocephalus, ScM. Nederl. Tijdsch. iii. p. 328 (1866) ; id. 3Ius. 



P.-B. Revue Accipitr. p. 88 (1873). 



Young. Above pale brown, the head and neck washed with ru- 

 fous, all the feathers margined with pale rufous ; quills brown, pale 

 rufous underneath, half barred across with brown near the base ; 

 tail brown, crossed with numerous bars of darker brown, about 

 eleven in number, the outer feathers washed with rufous near the 

 base ; sides of face and neck pale rufous, the ear-coverts slightly 

 shaded with brown ; under surface of body buffy white, irregularly 

 streaked or barred with pale rufous; thighs and under wing-coverts 

 clear pale rufous ; under taU-coverts white, only slightly washed 

 with rufous. 



Adult female (type of species). Entire head, neck, and intersca- 

 pulary region delicate ashy grey ; rest of the upper surface bluish 

 slate-colour, the quills and tail a little darker, the quills white at 

 the base of the inner web, indistinctly barred half across with black- 

 ish ; outer tail-feathers a little inclining to brownish, whitish ashy 

 underneath, crossed both above and below with distinct blackish 

 bars ; sides of face very pale ashy grey ; entire under surface of body 

 white, including the under wing- and tail-coverts ; cere, orbits, and 

 feet orange-red ; iris deep olive-brown. Total length 15 inches, 

 culmen 1-3, wing 8-4, tail OS, tarsus 2-55. 



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

 12-8 inches, wing 7*8, tail 6-3, tarsus 2-35, middle toe 1-05. {Mus. 

 Lugd.) 



Hub. New Guinea and the Aru Islands. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Aru Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



b. Ad. sk. Salwatti. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



c. (S juv. St. Dorey. A. R.Wallace, Esq. 



20. Astui' cinereus. 



Type of species. 



Sparvius cinereus, Vieill. N. Diet. x. p. 3.38 (1817). 



Astur rayi. Vie/. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 180 (1827) ; Bp. Con, 



p. 31 (1850) ; Gra,/, Haud-l. B. i. p. 30 (1869). 

 Astur novae hollandiae, Gould. B. Austr. i. pi. 14 (1848). 



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