130 FALCONlUiE. 



mottled ■with white, as also the base of the scapulars ; upper taU- 

 covcrts slightly tipped with white ; ear-coverts slaty black like 

 head ; cheeks, lores, and an indistinct eyebrow whitish, slightly 

 tinged with rufous and streaked with black ; quills and tail dark 

 brown, barred with blackish brown, plainer below, where the under 

 surface is ashy white, rufescent at the base of the inner webs ; the 

 tail ashy brown at tip, and crossed with about eight bands, the sub- 

 terminal one broader : under surface of body white, the throat and 

 chest washed with rufoxis ochre, the throat mesially streaked with 

 narrow black lines, the entire breast barred with rufous brown, 

 narrower on the thighs, and almost disappearing on the under tail- 

 coverts ; under wing-coverts riifous ochre, barred with blackish ; 

 bill black ; feet yeUow, nails black ; iris pure white. Total length 

 11'5 inches, culmen 0*8, wing 6, tail 5"3, tarsus 2, middle toe 0"98. 

 (Mus. Luf/d.) 



Hah, AYest coast of Madagascar. 



24. ACCIPITER. 



Type. 



Accipiter, Bnss. Orn. i. p. 310 (1760) A. nisus. 



Nisus, Cuv. Legons Anat. Comp. i. tabl. ois. (1799) A. nisus. 



lerax, Leach, Si/st. Cat. Mamm. ^c. Brit. 3Lus. p. 10 



(1816) A. nisus. 



Hieraspiza, Kanp, Class. Saug. u. Vog. p. 116 (1844) .... A. virgatus. 



Cooperastui", Bp. Jtev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 538 .... A. nisus. 



Teraspiza, Kajip, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 171 A. virgatus. 



Bill and foot of Accipiter nisus. 



Range. The four quarters of the globe, excepting Oceania, west 

 of Australia, and New Guinea. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Thighs banded. 



a'. No collar round neck. 



o". Bars on tail not exceeding five. 



