Mr. J. II. Gurney on a New Specifs of IJavjk from China. 449 



The fourth primary is the longest, the third and fifth nearly- 

 equal (the tliird being slightly longer in B, and the fifth in A), 

 the next in length is the sixth. 



In specimen A, the colouring of the plumage may be thus 

 described : — 



All the upper parts are slate-coloured, with the exception of 

 the pure white oval spots which in this, as in most other Spar- 

 row-hawks, are apparent on the interior tertiary feathers when 

 the plumage which overlaps them is partially removed. The 

 colouring of the upper part of the liead, of the nape, and of the 

 shoulders is of a darker hue than that of the rest of the upper 

 surface of the bird. 



The tail has four transverse bands of this darker colouring, 

 which are very apparent, besides a fifth, which is mnch less 

 distinct in its character, and which is also hidden by the upper 

 tail-coverts ; these bands extend over all the tail-feathers except 

 the two outer ones, the bands on which are nine in number 

 and narrower, as well as being much less distinct than those on 

 the other feathers of the tail. 



The throat is of a pale yellowish white, with very narrow dark 

 shaft-marks running down some of the feathers ; the breast, 

 abdomen, and thighs are fawn-coloured; the sides are of the 

 same hue, but somewhat darker and brighter. The under side 

 of the wings about the carpal joint is also tinged with fawu- 

 colour, interspersed with dark transverse marks of .slaty brown. 

 The under tail-coverts are pure white. 



Mr. Fleming notes the irides of this individual as " dark red," 

 and the cere and tarsi '' yellow." Specimen B (which is appa- 

 rently a slightly less adult bird) only differs from specimen A 

 in having the abdomen and thighs marked with faint transverse 

 bars of a darker fawn than the intervening plumage. 



The sex of these two specimens has unfortunately not been 

 noted ; but I conceive them to be males, the first, A, fully, and 

 the second, B, nearly adult. 



The collection of the Norwich Museum also contains three 

 skins which appear to me to be, in all probability, females of the 

 same species : of these, specimen C is from China ; but from 

 what part of China I am unable to ascertain. Specimen D is 



