14 Mr. E. Blyth on the Birds of India. 



rieures, h partir de Ja poitrine, ornees des taches nombreuses, 

 soit orbiculaires, soit transversales, d'un brun ferrugineux." Sir 

 W. Jardine, however, could not distinguish some Bermudan spe- 

 cimens from C. cyaneus of Europe. ( Vide Contr. Orn.) Neither 

 does Mr. G. R. Gray regard the N. American Hai-rier as distinct 

 from C. cyaneus, in his Brit. Mus. Cat. of Accipitres of 1848. 



41. C. swAiNsoNii, A. Smith (Gould's B. E. pi. 34). 



Syn. C.pallidus, Sykes. C. albescens et Falco cyaneus, var. a, 

 Lesson. C. dahnaticus, Riippell. Falco (equifer, Cuvier, MS. 

 F. herbacola, Tickell. 



Hab. S.E. Europe, Asia, and Africa : common in India as a 

 winter visitant. 



42. C. ciNERAscENS (Gould's B. E. pi. 35). 



Syn. Falco cinerascens et cineraceus, Moutag. F. montagui, 

 Vieillot. C. cinerascens v. pallidus et C. nipalensis, Hodgson. 



Hab. Europe, Asia, and Africa : all India, with Ceylon ; com- 

 mon as a winter visitant. 



43. C. MELANOLEUcus (Lev. Ois. d'Afr. pi. 32 ; Pennant's 

 Indian Zoology, pi. 2). 



Syn. Falco melanoleucus. Pennant. 



Hab. India generally, with Ceylon ; and Indo-Chinese coun- 

 tries : common as a winter visitant ; but not mentioned by Pallas 

 in his Zoology of Russian Asia ! Afghanistan. 



Obs. In this species the sexes are alike ; and the young would 

 appear not to differ in plumage*. 



Subfam. AcciPiTRiN^ (Hawks). 

 Genus Accipiter, Ray. 



44. Ace. Nisus. (PI. Enl. 467, 412; Gould's B. E. pi. 18.) 

 Syn. Falco nisus, L. F. lacteus, Gmelin. F. nisosimilis, 



Tickell, J. A. S. ii. p.571t- Acc.frinffillarius,B.ay. A.dussumieri, 



* What is the Circus, No. 34 of Horsfiehl's Bird Catalogue, from China 

 and also Afghanistan ? 



t The late Prince of Canino considered this to be distinct (Comptes 

 Rendus, xli. (1855) p. 652) ; — " Aux nombreuses races de vrais Accipiter 



