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Gen. LVIII. DRYOTRIORCHIS Shelley (1874). 

 Type by orig. desig. Astur spectahilis Schl. 



Tarsus bare on lower portion ; nostrils perpendi- 

 cular ovals ; head with a short crest of lanceolate 

 feathers ; wings short ; size larger, length about 

 22.5 in. 



212. Dryotriorchis spectahilis spedabilis (Schl.), 

 Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk., i., p. 131, pi. 6 

 (1863). [5^. George Elmina, Gold Coast, 

 type in Leyd. Mus.] 

 Beautiful Wood- Hawk. 



Wing 300 mm. ; above dark brown ; nape 

 and scapulars with white bases to feathers ; 

 quills brown, barred with darker brown, 

 the inner webs white ; tail with 6 blackish 

 bands ; below white ; fawn colour on 

 throat and chest, former with black central 

 stripe ; chest and breast with black spot 

 on tip of each feather, becoming bars on 

 flanks and thighs ; vent and under tail- 

 coverts with spots of rufous. 



W. Africa 

 (Gold Coast to 

 Cameroon). 



212a. Dryotriorchis spectahilis hatesi Sharpe, Ibis, Cameroon, 



1904, p. 601. [Efulen, Cameroon, type in Gaboon, and E. 



Brit. Mus.] to Aruwhimi R., 



Bates's Wood-Hawk. Belgian Congo. 



Wing (^ 290 mm. ; chest uniform creamy 

 white, without the large black spots (except 

 in immature birds). 



Gen. LIX. EUTRIORCHIS Sharpe (1875). 

 Type by orig. desig. Eutriorchis astur Sharpe. 



Wings remarkably short, not extending much 

 beyond base of tail ; tail elongated ; head with a 

 short crest. 



