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100d. Acctpiter nisus pallens Stejn., Pr. U.S. Nat. Kamschatka, 
Mus., xvi., p. 625 (1893). [Prov.of Hitachi, Japan. 
Japan, type in Sci. Coll. Mus., Tokyo.] 
Kamtschatkan Sparrow-Hawk. 
Above lighter and greyer, with dark shaft 
stripes; dark tail bands nearly obsolete ; 
below barred with greyish. 
*100e. Accipiter nisus teneriffe Laubmann, Ver- Teneriffe. 
andl: ‘Orn. Ges., xi., p. 164. (1912). 
(Teneriffe, type in Laubmann’s Coll.] 
Teneriffe Sparrow-Hawk. 
Insular race [with light and dark phases. ] 
wing ¢ 197, 2 231 mm. 
100f. Accipiter nisus melanoschistus Hume, Ibis, Himalayas,from 
1869, p. 356. [Kotgarh, Simla. | Kashmir to 
Himalayan Sparrow-Hawk. Assam, Thibet,+ 
Kansu, Burma. 
Larger ; wing § 203-213, 2 245-259 mm. ; 
blackish slaty above, darkest on head and 
nape ; bars on tail broad and pronounced ; 
below with bars broad and decided. 
100g. Accipirer nisus granti Sharpe, Ann. & Mag. Madeira. 
N.H. (6), v., p. 483 (1890). [Madeira, 
type in B. M.] 
Madeiran Sparrow-Hawk. 
Smaller ; wing 3 188-198, 2 221-231 mm. ; 
above blackish brown ; below white, barred 
with greyish black. 
1 A. n. ladygini Bianchi (Ann. Mus. St. Petersb. viii., p. 11, 1903) seems to be 
identical with melanoschistus. 
