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Linn. Soc, N.S. W., vol. vii, p. 53 (1883) ; Gnrneij, Lid Dhtrn. Bds. 

 Prey, p. 38 (1884) ; i?aTO.sa.!/, Tah. List Andr. Bds., p. 1(1888); id. 

 Froc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W.', vol. ii, 2nd ser., p. 166 (1888), Derby, 

 N. W. A^istr. ; North, Proc. Linn. Soc, JV..S'. W., vol. iii, 2nd ser., 

 p. 1773 (1889) ; id. Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 5, pi. ii, fig. 6 

 (1889) ; Salvad. Aggi. Orn. Pap. et Molitcc, p. 21 (1889); Be Vis, 

 Pep. Sci. Exped., N.E. Queensland, p. 84 (1889) ; Broadb., Proc 

 Boy. Soc, Queensland, p. 15(1889); Cox and Ham., Proc Linn. 

 Soc, N.S. W., vol. iv, 2nd ser., p. 397 (1890) ; Gurney,jun., Cat. 

 Bds. Prey, p. 21 (1894) ; North and Keartl., Aves, Horn Exped. 

 Cenir. Austr., p. 54 (1896); Keartl., Vict. Nat., vol. xiii. No. 5, 

 p. 60 (1896). 

 Accipiter melanops, StricJcl. Orn. Syn., p. Ill (1855). 



Nisus cirrhocephalus, Schleg. Mus. Pays-Bas, Astures, p. 38 (1862) ; 

 Finseh, New Guin., p. 155 (1865) ; Schleg. Mus. Pays-Bas, Revue 

 Accipitr., p. 77 (1873). 



Urospiza cirrhocephala, Katip. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1867, p. 176; Gray, 

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



Adult male. Above bluish ash-colour ; head and wings slightly 

 darker ; sides of the face and ear-coverts lighter ; a distinct collar 

 of bright deep vinous red, broadest at the sides of the neck, 

 where, in some specimens, a few of the feathers are also barred 

 like those on the chest ; basal portion of the nape feathers white ; 

 scapulars Avith concealed white spots, the lesser ones tinged and 

 spotted in addition with vinous-red near the base ; inner webs of 

 secondaries, and of the primaries as far as the notch, ashy-brown ; 

 all crossed with dark ashy-brown bars, most conspicuous on the 

 marginal basal portion of the inner webs, which is white or slightly 

 shaded with pale rufous ; tail above bluish ash-colour, inner webs 

 having an ashy-brown tinge, crossed with dark ashy-brown bars ; 

 under surface light ashy-brown, whitish in certain lights, and the 

 dark bars showing more distinctly ; wings underneath light ashy- 

 brown, whitish in certain lights; quills distinctly barred with 

 dark brown, obsolete on outer webs ; inner webs tinged and 

 freckled with vinous red towards the base ; under surface of 

 shoulders and the under wing-coverts vary from buff to ashy- 

 white, crossed with numerous narrow wavy bars of ashy-brown 

 and vinous-red ; throat ashy-white, with indistinct transverse bars 

 of ashy-brown ; under tail-covei'ts ashy-white, with remains of 

 transverse bars of ashy-brown and vinous-red ; chest and 

 remainder of the under surface crossed with numerous narrow 

 bars of ashy-brown, deep bright vinous-red, and white — the bars 

 being broadest on the flanks and narrowest on the thighs ; bill 

 black, lead coloured at base, cere, legs, and feet yellowish, tinged 

 with olive, iris yellow. Total length 12 inches, wing 8, tail 6, 



