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parts dull brown ; the feathers of nape all white towards quills; 
chin and throat pure white; sides of neck white, with narrow 
transverse brown bands; breast and belly white, banded trans- 
versely with brown, the bands few towards the middle, but 
numerous on the sides; under tail coverts white, irregularly 
crossed by a few narrow brownish lines ; thighs tawny white, 
with broadish transverse brown bands. Primary wing feathers 
brown, banded on the inner vanes by black towards their tips, 
and by black and nearly clear white towards quills; secondaries 
the same as primaries, with the exception of the white being 
more abundant on the inner vanes. Tail slightly rounded, of a 
light brown colour, and crossed by four broad blackish bands, 
the tips of all the feathers more or less white; legs and toes 
yellow; claws black. Length fourteen inches and a half; the 
female nineteen inches and a half. 
Young.—Above brown, feathers edged and tipt with rufous; 
throat white, with a longitudinal black stripe; under parts 
white with longitudinal black blotches. 
Inhabits South Africa. 
Le Tachiro, Le Vaill. Ois. d’ Afrig. pl. 29. 
Accipiter Francesiti. Head and hinder part of neck blue- 
grey ; back and shoulders dark slate-colour; sides of neck 
light blue-grey ; under parts and insides of shoulders pure white; 
wing feathers brownish black, inner vanes near quills white with 
narrow transverse black bands. Tail, above a dark slate colour 
with a greenish tinge, the lateral feathers of a hghter tint with 
their inner vanes tinged brown, beneath white, more or fewer of 
the feathers with five or six transverse black bands on the inner 
vanes, the outer feather of each side with the bands scarcely 
perceptible, the tips a dull white. Upper mandible horn-co- 
loured, lightest towards the point ; under mandible yellow; legs 
and toes yellow; claws black. Length from bill to tip of tail 
eleven inches. 
Inhabits Madagascar. 
To Lady Frances Cole I am indebted for the only specimen I possess 
of this apparently undescribed species,—and the name it bears in the 
South African Museum is an indication of the high respect entertained for 
Her Ladyship as a well known and zealous Patroness of Science. 
Accipiter musicus. Head, neck, and breast, light bluish 
grey ; back and scapulars dark slate-colour ; upper tail coverts 
white ; shoulders silver grey, finely mottled with black. Pri- 
mary wing converts hoary, inclined to greyish black ; secondary 
coverts white, mottled with narrow tortuous black lines. Pri- 
mary wing feathers brownish black, variegated on inner vanes 
towards quills with lines or streaks of white ; secondaries pure 
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