Birds. 279 
Accipiter niger. (Black Sparrow Hawk.) Colour a fine 
black; the feathers of nape and upper part of neck white at 
their bases; tail feathers above, each, tinted with three white 
spots, and beneath, with four pure white spots, which form 
transverse bands when the tail is spread; the first band to- 
wards the root, the next on the second-third of the tail, and the 
last a little distance from the extremity. Primary quill feathers 
grey-white with some small black spots variegated with ashy ; 
secondaries black; eyes yellow ; cere and feet orange. Length 
nine inches. 
Inhabits Senegal,—very rare. 
Accipiter Gabar. Bill dark horn-coloured ; cere deep red ; 
eyes light crimson; head, neck, interscapular, back, and 
shoulders, dirty brownish or reddish grey; chin, throat, sides 
of neck, and breast, light bluish grey or pale slate colour ; belly 
and thighs banded lightish black and clear white. Primary 
quill feathers nearly an uniform dark brown on the outer vanes, 
whilst the mner ones are marked by alternate bands of blackish 
brown and dirty ight white. Tail slightly rounded, feathers 
brownish black, crossed by three transverse bands, which ap- 
pear when viewed above, of a pale dusky white or greyish 
white, and when seen below, of a pure white ; the tips of all 
pure white ; legs and toes red ; claws horn-coloured. Length 
from bill to base of tail six inches; length of latter six inches 
and a quarter. 
Young.—Bill nearly as in mature specimens; cere and eyes 
yellow; head and neck variegated blackish brown and rufous, 
the latter most abundant on the sides of the last named part 
interscapulars and back an uniform dark brown, with the ex- 
ception of some very slight variegations, occasioned by many of 
the feathers being indistinctly tipt with rufous; shoulder 
feathers dark brown, tipt and edged more broadly with light 
rufous ; tail coverts white. Chin, throat, and breast, light 
rufous, more or less variegated by longitudinal stripes of dark 
brown or blackish brown; belly and thighs marked by alternate 
narrow bands of dirty black and pale rufous; primary and 
secondary quill feathers nearly as in old specimens; tail black- 
ish brown, crossed by four white bands, besides each feather 
having a white tip and some spots of a like colour near quill; 
legs and toes yellow; claws horn-coloured. 
Inhabits South Africa and Senegal. 
Falco Gabar, Daud. Le Gabar, Le Vaill. pl. 38. 
Accipiter Tachiro. Bill bluish black, with a small yellowish 
spot on the edge of the tooth of the upper mandible, and 
another opposite to it, on base of lower ; cere yellow; upper 
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