ACCIPITER PALUMBARIUS. 



being" an inch and a quarter in breadth, the tips white, 

 the shafts yellowish-brown. The lower parts are grey- 

 ish white; the fore-neck with longitudinal lines, the 

 breast with transverse undulated bars of greyish-black, 

 the tibial feathers similarly marked, the shafts of all 

 the feathers black ; the lower tail-coverts white, with a 

 few slight dark markings. The feathers of the breast 

 have generally four marks. The scapulars in not very 

 old birds have two concealed broad white bars ; but in 

 very old birds they are nearly obliterated. 



Length to end of tail 20 inches, to end of wings 16| ; 

 extent of wings 43 ; wing from flexure 13 ; tail ll^ ; 

 bill along the back li, along the edge of lower man- 

 dible l^^, its depth at the base || ; tarsus 3 ; first toe 

 1/^, its claw lj\ ; second toe 1 j%, its claw 1^^^ ; third 

 li§, its claw 1 ; fourth 1^*^, its claw jf. 



Female. — The female is much larger than the male, 

 but differs very little in colour, the upper parts being 

 of a browner tint. 



Length to end of tail 26 inches, to end of wings 23^ ; 

 extent of wings 45 ; wing from flexure 13i ; tail 12 ; 

 bill along the back Ij''^, along the edge of lower man- 

 dible li, its depth at the base i§ ; tarsus 3^; first 

 toe lj^2, its claw 1|^ ; second Ij^, its claw 1^"^^ ; third 

 2=^j, its claw 1 ; fourth 1/^, its claw ^^. 



Variations. — The males vary in length from eight- 

 een to twenty-one inches ; the females from twenty-two 

 to twenty-six or more. Younger individuals are gene- 

 rally more brown above, with the bars on the wings 

 more distinct, and two broad white concealed bands on 



