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• Genus Aąuiln, Auct. 



7. Aq. chrysaeta. Fatco chrysaetos, Linn. Golden Eagle, Lath. 

 Colonel Sykes's specimen differs so slightly from the Eurupean 



bird as not to justify its separation. 



8. Jq. bifasciata, Hardwicke and Gray's Ind. Zool. 



Irides brownish yelIow ochre. Sexes alike in plumage; non- 

 adult birds paler than adults. A whole rat found in the 

 stomach of one bird. A second bird was shot by Colonel 

 Sykes at the dead carcase of a royal tiger ; but it had not 

 tasted the banąuet, as the stomach was empty. Length, in- 

 clusive of tail, 30 incbes: tail 11 inches. 



Genus Hcematornis, Vigorš. 



9. Hcem. Bachą. Falco Bachą, Daud. pi. 22, Le Bachą, Le Vaill., 



Ois. d'Afr. pi. 15. 

 Colonel Sykes does not possess a specimen, but he identified a 

 specimen in the possession of a friend, shot in the Dukhun. 



Sub-Fam. Accipitrina. Hatoks. 

 (jenus Accipiter, Ray. Sparroiv Hatufc. 



10. AcciPiTER DuKHUNENSis. Acc. suprfi Jusco-brunneus, pluma- 



rum marglnibus palUdioribus, capite postico nuchaąue albo varie- 

 gatis ; subtus albus, pectore abdomineque notis subrotundatis 

 grandibus, Jemorum tectricibiis parvis, rujescentibus striatis ; 

 rectricibiis Jiisco Jasciatis, Jasciis externarum confertioribus ; 

 tarsis subbrevibus. 



Irides stramineo-flavae, margine gracili nigro circumdatae. 

 Longitudo corporis ]4| unc, caudce 6|, tarsi 1|-. 

 Sexes alike in plumage. Resembles the Acc. Jringillarius, but 

 dilFers in the longitudinal brnad reddish patches on the breast, 

 in less red on the sides, in a black narrow streak down the 

 throat, in shorter vvings, in the tail having six broad bars in- 

 stead of four, in the malė bird being as large as the European 

 female, and finally in the shorter tarsi and centre toes. 



1 1 . Acc. Dussumieri. Falco Dussumieri, Temm., PI. Col. 308. female. 

 Irides bright yellovv, with an exterior narrow margin of black. 



Wings short. Tail long and narrovv, being oniy the width of the 

 upper feather. M. Temminck's specific characters are taken 

 from a female, the malė being unknown, Colonel Sykes has 

 but one specimen, and that a female, the malė being unknown 

 to him. Length, inclusive of tail, 12^ inches: tail 6| inches. 



Genus Astur, Auct. Goshawk. 



12. AsTUR Hyder. Ast.corpore supra et subtils brunneo, dorso imo 



rtįfescenti, plumarum rhachibus Juscis, alarum tectricibus albo 

 7iotatis ; abdomine maculis albisjasciato ; Jrontisjhscid gracili 

 guttureque albis, hoc lineis tribus latisjtiscis, unn in medio, ccb- 

 ieris utrinque ad latera, notato ; femorum tectricibus crissoque 

 albis, rufo fnsciatis ; cauda suprh rufa , fasciis qvinque graci- 

 libuSj^fere obsolelis, alteraque prope basin latd, fuscis notald; 



