150 



FALCONID^. 



bauds of brownish ashy ; bill blackish horn-colotir, yellowish at base 

 of lower mandible; feet yellow, nails horn-brown. Total length 

 10-5 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 7, tail 6, tarsus 2. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but larger. Total length 13'5 

 inches, wing 8, tail 7'5, tarsus 2-2. 



Mab. Venezuela, Columbia, and Ecuador. 



Bogota. Pm'chased. 



Bogota. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Concordia, New Granada. T. K. Salmon, Esq. TC.l. 



New Granada. R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. [P.]. 



Cosnipata, Nov. 16, 1871. Henry Whitely, Esq. [P.]. 



17. Accipiter hartlaubii. (Plate VI. fig. 2.) 



Nisus hartlaubii, Verr. in Hartl Oni. W.-Afr. p. 15 (1857) ; HarU. 



t. c. p. 262 (1857) ; id. J.f. O. 1861, p. 101. 

 Accipiter hartlaubii, Cass. Pr. Philacl. Acad. 1859, p. 32 ; Duchaillu, 



Eq. Afr. p. 472 (1861) ; Giai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 32 (186!)) ; Sharpe, 



P. Z. S. 1871, p. 613. 



Adult male. Above deep slaty black, the head and wing-coverts 

 darker and almost jet-black, the ear-coverts decidedly inclining to 

 greyish ; quiUs black, greyish white underneath at base of inner 

 web, where there are remains of a few blackish bars ; lower upper 

 tail-coverts white, forming a band across the root of tail ; tail black, 

 the outer feathers brownish, underneath greyish black, with two 

 bars of white on the inner web, appearing even on the centre feathers 

 in the form of two rounded spots of white ; throat white, inclining 

 to ashy grey on the fore neck ; remainder of under surface vinous 

 chestnut, the thighs included ; vent and under tail-coverts white, 

 slightly varied with obsolete greyish black bars, more distinct on the 

 lower taU-coverts. Total length 9*8 inches, culmen 0'75, wing 6-5, 

 tail 4-4, tarsus 1*7, middle toe 1-05. (Mus. Brux.) 



Hob. Gaboon. 



a. (S ad. sk. River Ogowe, Gaboon (MarcJie M. E. Bouvier [E.]. 

 .etde Compieffne). 



18. Accipiter virgatus. 



Falco vhgatus, Temin. PL Col. i. pi. 109 (1823, ex Reinw. MS.). 

 Accipiter virgatus, Vig. Zuol. Jonrn. i. p. 338 (1824) ; Gray, Gen. B. 



i. p. 29 (1849) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 22 (1849) ; id. J. 



A. S. B. xix. p. 331 (1850) ; B]^. Consp. i. p. 32 (1850) ; Horsf. 8; 



Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. i. p. 37 (1854) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 



1854, p. 260; Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 106 (1855); Jerd. B. Ind. i. 



p. 52 (1862) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 207 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1863, p. 15 ; 



Gurnei), t. c. p. 366, et 1865, p. 236 ; Swinh. t. c. p. 108 ; Bear. 



P. Z. S. 1868, p. 395 ; Wall. Ibis, 1868, p. 6 ; Hume, Bough Notes, 



i. p. 132 (1869) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 33 (1869) ; Jerd. Ibis, 



1871, p. 243 ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 411. 

 Nisus virgatus, Less. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 97 (1828) ; Bp. Bev. et Mag. 



de Zool. 1854, p. 5-38; Schl. Mm. P.-B. Astures, p. 32 (1862); 



id. Vog. Nederl. Lul, Valkv. pp. 20, 59, pi. 12. figs. 1-4 (1866) ; id. 



Revue Accipitr. p. 74 (1873). 



