470 



ACCIPITER NISUS. THE SPARROW-HAWK. P. 240. 



In a male examined by me in December 1835, the 

 smallest I have ever met with, the intestinal canal was 

 as follows : 



The oesophagus was three inches and a half long, its 

 dilatation or crop an inch and a half. The stomach 

 was only one inch long. The intestines did not exceed 

 nineteen inches in length ; their greatest diameter was 

 two-twelfths, their smallest only three-fourths of a 

 twelfth. The coeca were one-twelfth long. This bird 

 measured twelve inches in length. 



The great diflPerence in size between this individual 

 and those of the largest dimensions, might induce one 

 to believe that there may be two distinct species con- 

 founded under the name of sparrow-hawk. But I have 

 not been able, after examining a multitude of indivi- 

 duals, to discover any good distinctive characters. 



PERNIS APIVORUS. THE HONEY BUZZARD. P. 259. 



At page 258, it is stated that the Pernis cristatus of 

 Cuvier seemed to me to be a buzzard. This arose 

 from my having considered the Pernis cristatus of that 

 author as the Buteo cristatus of others. I have since, 

 however, found that the Bondree huppee, Pernis cris- 

 tata of Cuvier, Regne Anim. vol. i. p. 335, PI. 3, Fig. 4, 

 the Buse ptilorhynque, Falco ptilorhyncus of Tem- 

 minck, Planch, color, PI. 43, adult, and PI. 93, young, 

 presents all the characters of a true Pernis. There is 



