146 FALCONID^. 



Nisus rhodogaster, ScM. Voq. Nederl. Ltd., Valkv. pp. 21, GO, pi. 12. 



figs. 5, G (18GG) ; id. Reme Accipitr. p. 76 (1873). 

 Teraspiza rhodogaster, Kmip, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 171. 

 Teraspiza rliodogastra, Walden, Tr. Z. S. V\i\. pp. 33, 109, pi. xi. 



(1872). 



Young. Bright chestnut-red, the hind neck mottled Tvith white, 

 all the feathers of the upper surface subterminally spotted with 

 black, especially on the head, which gains therefrom a blackish 

 appearance ; sides of face whitish, streaked with black ; under 

 surface creamy white, the lower abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 unstriped, the throat bordered on each side with a moustachial line 

 of black, with another central streak down the centre ; the breast 

 washed with rufous and broadly streaked with black ; under wing- 

 coverts rufous buff, minutely spotted with black ; secondaries rufous 

 like the back, barred with black, somewhat overspreading the rufous 

 interspaces ; primaries bro'mi, tipped and spotted externally with 

 rufous and crossed with bands of darker brown, the lower surface of 

 quills rufous buff on inner web, with the bars of dark brown more 

 conspicuous ; tail rufous, crossed with four bands of dark brown. 



Adult. Above deep bluish gre)', a little clearer on the head and 

 hind neck, the sides of the face and of the neck very pale bluish 

 grey ; throat whitish, shaded with grey ; rest of under surface clear 

 vinous red, not very deep, the lower abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts whitish, the thighs and rinder wing-coverts white, shaded 

 Avith ashy grey, the latter also slightly mottled with blackish spots ; 

 wing-coverts and quills blackish slate-colour, the primaries a little 

 more brown, the under surface white at base, shading into ashy at 

 tip, with dark brown cross bars, more indistinct on the secondaries ; 

 tail blackish slate-colour above, whitish ashy below, with four or 

 five cross bars of dark brown on all except the outermost feather, 

 where they are nearly obsolete, the bars almost invisible on the 

 upper surface ; cere dusky yellow ; bill black ; feet yeUow ; iris 

 bright chrome-yellow. Total length 11 inches, culmen 0"8, wing 

 6-5, tail o'l, tarsus 2'1. 



Hah. Celebes. 



a. S ad. sk. Macassar. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C. 



b. (S juv. sk. Maca-ssar. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C. 



c. (S ad. St. Celebes ( Von Rosenberg). Leiden Museum [P.]. 



12. Accipiter sulaensis. 



Nisus sulaensis, Schl. Voq. Nederl. Ind., J'alkv. pp. 2G, 64, pi. 16. 



figs. 3, 4 (1866). 

 Uraspiza sulaensis, Kaup, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 176. 

 Accipiter sulaensis, Wall. Ibis, 1868, p. lO ; Gray, Hmid-l. B. i. p. 34 



(1869). 

 Nisus rhodogaster (pt.), ScM. Revue Accipitr. p. 76 (1873). 



Adult female (type of species). Above dark slaty grey, clearer 

 grey on the head and hind neck, the wing-coverts rather darker 

 than the back ; primaries dark brown, with numerous bars of 



