24. ACCIPITEE. 145 



coverts rufous buif, streaked with dark brown, incliuiug to bars on 

 the lower series and axillaries. 



Adult female (type of species). Above blackish slate-colour, with 

 a distinct shade of clearer ashy grey on the head and back ; hinder 

 part of neck and upper interscapulary region rich vinous chestnut ; 

 sides of face clear ashy grey, a little lighter than the crown ; entire 

 under surface pale ashy grey, whitish on the throat and abdomen ; 

 the sides of the neck rich vinous chestnut, shading slightly on the 

 sides of the upper breast ; under wing-coverts ochraceous, tinged 

 with ashy grey, more plainly on the axillaries ; quills and tail above 

 black washed with slaty, numerously barred with blackish and 

 washed with pale rufous at base of inner webs ; the bands on the 

 tail-feathers ten or eleven in number, obsolete on the outermost ; 

 cere yellow ; bill black, lead-colour at base ; feet yellow ; iris golden 

 yeUow. Total length 14-7 inches, culmeu O*?, wing 8"o, tail 6-8, 

 tarsus 2*4. 



Hab. Morty Island ; Bouru. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Bouru. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



Tvpe of species. 



b. 2 juv. sk. Bouru. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



c. Juv. sk. Morty Island. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [0.]. 



10. Accipiter erytlirauchen. 



Accipiter erythrauchen. Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 344 ; Wall. Ibis, 



1868, p. 7 ; Ch-aij, Haml-l. B. 1. p. 34 (1869). 

 Nisus erythrauchen, Schl. Vog. Nederl. Ind., Valkv. pp. 22, 60, pi. 13. 



figs. 1, 3, 4 (1866) ; id. Rev. Accipitr. p. 78 (1873). 

 Uraspiza erythrauchen, Kmip, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 177. 



Adult male (type of species). Above uniform blackish slate-colour ; 

 the hinder part of the neck rich vinous chestnut ; sides of face and 

 entire throat pale grey, the latter even lighter than the ear-coverts ; 

 quills and tail blackish slate-colour, a little browner on the inner web, 

 where are remains of more or less distinct blackish cross bars ; the 

 under surface of both paler and more ashy, washed with rufous at 

 the base of inner webs ; under surface of body uniform clear -sinous, 

 shading off much paler on the thighs ; lower abdomen and under 

 taU-coverts white ; under wing-coverts vinous, with indistinct grey- 

 ish mottlings. Total length 11 inches, culmen O'So, wing 6'7, t.ail 

 5*4, tarsus 2'1. 



Adult female. Similar to male, but larger. Total length 13-9 

 inches, wing 8-2, tail G-2. tarsus 2-25. {Mus. Lugd.) 



Hah. GUolo, Batchian. 



a. S ad. sk. E. Gilolo. A. E. Wallace,^ Esq. [C.]. 



Tvpe of species. 



11. Accipiter rhodogaster. 



Nisus virgatus rhodogaster, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Astiu-es, p. 32 (1862). 

 Accipiter rhodogaster, Gurimj, Ibis, 1803, p. 450 ; Wall. Ibis, 1868, 

 p. 7 ; Gray, Haml-l. B. i. p. 33 (1809). 



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