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*106. Acicpiter madagascariensis Verr.,S. Air. Q. Madagascar. 
Jnil., ii.. p. 282 (1834). [Madagascar, type 
in Brit. Mus.] 
Madagascar Sparrow-Hawk. 
Wing ¢ 181, 2 205 mm.; above blackish 
brown ; tail uniform above, with paler 
bands beneath; below white, thickly 
barred with greyish black. 
B. Thighs barred; red collar on hind neck. 
*107. Accipiter cirrocephalus cirrocephalus (Vieill.) E. Australia? 
INE Dict., x., p. $29 (1817). [N.S.Watles.] 
Collared Sparrow-Hawk. 
Wing ¢ 210, 2 253 mm. ; above bluish ash ; 
tail almost uniform above, but with numer- 
ous darker bars below on inner webs; 
below broadly barred with vinous red and 
greyish white. 
107a. Accipiter cirrocephalus broome: (Math.), W. Australia, 
Nov. Zool., xviii., p. 247 (1912). [Broome Northern 
Hill, S.W. Australia.| Territory. 
Broome’s Sparrow-Hawk. 
Doubtfully distinct ; slightly smaller, wing 
$ 204-206, 2 240 mm.; said to be darker 
above. 
107b. Accipiter cirrocephalus papuanus Rothsch. Dutch New 
& Hart., Nov. Zool., xx., p. 482 (1913). Guinea. 
[Snow Mtns., type in Tring Mus.] 
Papuan Sparrow-Hawk. 
} After a careful examination of the type and series at Tring I am unable to 
detect any character by which 4. c. h@sitata Mathews from Cape York may be 
separated. 
