24. ACCIPITEK. 131 



((!". No white spots on centre tail-fea- 

 thers; upper tail-coverts some- 

 times slightly margined at tip 

 with white. 

 «"". Cheeks and ear-coverts rufous, or 

 ashy white tinged with rufous, 

 rtfl. The rufous bars underneath nar- 

 nower than the intervening 



white spaces nisus, p. 132. 



bb. The rufous bai's broader than 

 the white interspaces. 

 aa'. Smaller; wing in c? 7"15 



inches, in $ 8'25 fuscus, p. 1.35. 



bb'. Larger ; wing in c? 9'3 



inches, in g 10-3 cooperi, p. 187. 



b"". Ear-coverts greyish, like rest of 

 crown; wing not exceeding 



6"6 inches tinus, p. 139. 



b'"' Centi-e tail-feathers with conspicuous 

 white spots; upper tail-coverts 



white minullus, p. 140. 



a. Larger ; darker ; more broadly 



baiTed below, a. eiytkrojnis, ■p. 141. 

 /3. Smaller; more grey; bars below 

 narrower. (3. minullus, p. 140. 



b". Bars on tail about 14 in number cirrhocephaliis, p. 141. 



c". Tail quite uniform 7naclagascariensis, p. 143. 



h'. White collar round neck coUaris, p. 144. 



b. Thighs uniform. 



a'. Rufous coUar round neck. 



fi". Larger ; imderneath grey rubricolUs, p. 144. 



6". Smaller ; underneath vinous erythrauchen, p. 145. 



b'. No rufous collar. 

 c". Thighs grey. 



c'". Ear-coverts and sides of neck grey . . rJiodogader , p. 145. 

 d" . Ear-coverts and sides of neck rufous sulaensis, p. 146. 

 d'. Thighs rufous or ochi-aceous. 

 e'". Ear-coverts and breast white. 



/"". Thighs rufous erythroenemis, p. 147. 



(/'". Thighs ochraceous ckkmogaster, p. 148. 



f". Ear-coverts and breast rufous. 



h"". Larger; wing in c? 8"2 inches; 



in 2 9'4 i-^rfiventris, p. 148. 



i'". Smaller; wing in c? 7, in $ 8. . ventralis, p. 149. 

 g'". Ear-coverts ^rey. 



A"". Large white spots on centre tail- 

 feathers hartlaiibi, p. loO. 



I"". No white spots on centre tail- 

 feathers. 

 m. Breast rufous. 

 m'. Smaller ; under wing-coverts 

 buff; wing in c? 0-6 inches, 



in 5 7"4 virgatus, p. 150. 



n'. Larger; under wing-coverts 

 rufous, like breast ; wing in 



(S 8-5 inches, J 10'5 guttatus, p. 1.52. 



n. Breast cinereous. 



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