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t*101. Accipiter fuscus fuscus (Gmel.), S.N., i., N. America, in 

 p. 280 (1788). [Aw erica : Nort/; America. \ winter S. to 

 Sharp-shinned Hawk. Guatemala. 



Wing o^ 167-180, $ 205-210 mm. ; above 

 slat}' blue ; below white, barred with pale 

 rufous : the flanks barred like breast. 



101a. Accipiter fuscus fringilloides (Vig.), Zool. Cuba. 

 Jnl., iii., p. 434 (1828). [Cuba.] 

 Cuban Sparrow- Hawk. 



Smaller and more slender ; wing S 158 

 mm. ; cheeks rufous ; below nearly white, 

 especially the thighs ; no white spots on 

 outer tertials. 



101b. Accipiter fuscus striatus Vieill. Oiseaux St. Domingo. 

 Amer. Sept. i., p. 42. pi. 14 (1807). [Mal- 

 fini, Saint Domingue.] 

 St. Domingo Sparrow-- Hawk. 



Wing ad. 149-181 mm. ; darker grey above; 

 centre of abdomen and thighs white ; sides 

 barred with brow^n ; a large concealed 

 white spot on 3 outer tertials. 



101c Accipiter fuscus venator Vetomre, Pr. Biol. 

 Soc. Wash., xxvii., p. 119 (1914). [Mari- 

 cao, type in U.S. Nat. Mus.] 

 Porto Rico Sparrow-Hawk. 



Porto Rico. 



Wing S 145 mm. ; similar to A. fuscus 

 striatus, but much darker above and more 

 deeply coloured below ; upper side of tail 

 \dth sharply defined black bars. 



