2. AsTUR. 13 



Linn. Soc, N.S.W., vol. iii, 2ndser., p. 1773 (1889) ; id. Nests 



and Eggs Aiistr. Bds., p. 3 (1889); De Vis. Sci. Exp., N.E, 



Qiieensld., p. 84 (1889) ; Cox and Ham., Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S. W., 



vol. iv, 2nd ser., p. 397 (1890) ; Norton, Bidl. No. 1, Dept. Agri., 



N.S. W., p. 246 (1890) ; Sharpe, Index Gould's Works, p. 21 (1893); 



North and Kearil, Aves, Horn Exped., Centr. Austr., p. 54 (1896); 



Keartl., Vict. Nat., vol. xiii, p. 60 (1896) ; Sclater, List Vert. 



Anim. Zool. Gard., 9th ed., p. 395 (1896). 

 Accipiter approximans, Strichl. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, vol. xi, p. 335 



(1843); Gray, Gen. Bds., vol. i, p. 29 (1845); Bo7iap. Consp. 



Av. torn, i, p. 33 (1850) ; Strickl. Orn. Syn., p. Ill (1855) ; Gray, 



Hand-list Bds., vol. i, p. 34 (1869). 

 Urospiza approximans, Bonap. Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1854, p. 538. 

 Nisus approximans, Srhl. Mus. P.B. Astures, p. 42 (1862); id. Rev. 



Accipitr., p. 79 (1873). 

 Astur cruentus, Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vol. i, p. 127 (1874). 

 Urospizias approximans, Giirney, Ibis, 1875, pp. 365, 468 ; id. List 



Diurn. Bds. Prey, p. 38 (1884) ; Gimiey, jun., Ibis, 1893, p. 349; 



id. Cat. Bds. Prey, p. 21 (1894). 

 Astur maculosus. Coles, Vict. Nat., vol. xiv., p. 43 (1897) /wr. 

 Adult male. Above ashy brown, head, nape, shoulders, outer 

 webs of secondaries and primaries bluish grey, inner webs light 

 ashy grey, indistinctly barred with dark brown ; a band across 

 the hind neck vinous red, inclining to rufous, forming a collar 

 wider on the sides of the neck, where it is of a deeper tint; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts ashy brown ; tail browner, indis- 

 tinctly barred with darker brown ; bars more distinct on the 

 inner webs of the feathers, which are of a lighter tint, and tinged 

 with fulvous at the base of the outer ones ; under surface of the 

 tail feathers light silvery grey, bars much more distinct on all 

 except the outermost on either side ; inner webs of the first three 

 on either side washed with light rufous ; thighs rufous, barred 

 with narrow indistinct lines of white ; under tail-coverts, flanks, 

 and remainder of the under surface except the throat, deep dull 

 rufous, crossed with numerous wavy narrow bars of white, each 

 bar bounded above and below with a narrow line of ashy brown ; 

 throat whitish, mottled with numerous transverse bars of ashy 

 brown, tinged with rufous nearest the chest ; under surface of 

 primaries ashy grey, tips dark brown, washed with fulvous or light 

 rufous on basal portion, and freckled with dark brown ; concealed 

 portions of the feathers on the inner webs crossed with blackish 

 bars, interspaces near the shafts white ; secondaries light ashy 

 brown, silvery, bars nearly obsolete ; under surface of the wings 

 and the axillaries light fulvous or nearly white, crossed with 

 numerous bars of rufous, bounded below with ashy ; behind the 

 thighs is a patch of clear rufous tinging the adjoining upper tail 

 coverts ; cere greenish yellow ; bill dark horn-colour at tip, and 



