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These three Buzzards are winter 

 visitants in the Yangtse Valley: — 



Buteo plumipes (Hodgs.), The Har- 

 rier Buzzard. 



Buteo hemilasius, T. & S., White-tail 

 Buzzard. 



Archibuteo hemiptilopus (Blyth), 

 Himalayan Kough-legged Buzzard. 



Sub-Family, Accipitrinae the Sparrow Hawks. 



This group is composed of very 

 active birds, of small size but endowed 

 with indomitable courage and dash. 

 They have a slender graceful form, a 

 small head, and a weak bill with a 

 prominent tooth. The wings are 

 short and rounded, and the tail is long 

 and round at the tip. The legs are 

 very long and slender, the tibia and 

 tarsus being of nearly equal length. 

 The middle toe is much lengthened. 



SPAEROW HAWK. 



ACCIPITER NISUS (lINN.) 



Description. — " Length of male Hi 

 to 13 inches. Bill bluish ; cere and 

 legs yellow. Toes black. Iris orange. 

 The fully grown male has the plumage 

 of the upper parts dark bluish grey 

 except for a white spot on the nape. 

 The cheeks, chin, and under parts are 

 rufous barred with reddish brown. 

 The tail is greyish brown and has from 

 three to five bands. 



The female is about two and one 

 half inches larger than the male. The 

 plumage of the upper parts is brownish, 

 many feathers white at base, the nape 

 is white ; the primaries and tail are 

 lighter than the rest of the upper parts. 

 The under paits are greyish white with 

 brown bars." 



