22 ACCIPITBES. 



tarsus 2"3, middle toe 1"3, its first joint 0'6, culmen 0'7. A very 

 highly coloured male in the Museum collection, from King 

 Greorge's Sound, has the chest and flanks and thighs of a deep 

 rich vinous-red, the cross-bars almost obsolete ; the collar is 

 of a much deeper tint than usual, but interrupted on the hind 

 neck. 



Adult female. Differs only in size, being a little larger and 

 perhaps not so highly coloured as the male. Total length 14 

 inches, wing 9'35, tail 7, culmen 9, middle toe 1"55, its first 

 joint 07. 



Progress t owards maturif y . The longitudinal blotches on the chest 

 widen into transverse bars, which gradually become narrower, the 

 rufous markings develop into bars, and the brown becomes reduced 

 into narrow conterminous lines ; the white mottlings become less 

 conspicuous on the back of the neck, and its sides tinged with 

 rich vinous-red. 



Young. Dark-brown above, with the feathers more or less 

 margined with rufous ; basal portions of the feathers on the 

 nape and upper part of hind neck white, giving to those 

 parts a mottled appearance ; scapulars white at the base, 

 barred with brown ; the base of the feathers on the lower 

 part of hind neck, back, and upper tail-coverts are ashy 

 brown ; quills of wings and tail dark-brown, margined with 

 rufous at the tips, crossed with blackish-brown bars most 

 numerous on the tail ; the marginal half of the inner webs of 

 the wing feathers at the base ashy-white, washed with pale 

 rufous ; same parts of the tail feathers light ashy-brown, tinged 

 with rufous on the edges ; shafts dull reddish-brown ; under 

 surface of the wings and tail ashy-white, the inner margins washed 

 with pale rufous, except at the tips of primaries, which are ashy- 

 brown past the the notch ; all the under surface ashy-white, tinged 

 with rufous on the thighs ; throat white, with a stripe of dark- 

 hrowu down centre of each feather ; chest blotched with dark- 

 brown, forming a triangular patch at the tip of each feather, 

 which is centered with rufous ; chest, breast, abdomen, flanks, 

 and thighs, crossed with numerous transverse bands of dark- 

 brown, the terminal band more conspicuously centered with 

 rufous ; the bands are narrowest and most numerous on the 

 thighs ; under tail-coverts sparingly barred with somewhat hastate 

 markings of dark-brown ; bill dark horn colour ; base and cere 

 greenish; feet and legs yellowish, greenish-grey in front; iris 

 yellow. 



'Remarh. The young females of this species are freqiiently con- 

 founded with the young males of Astur approxima^is, which they 

 closely resemble in size and plumage. The Accipiter's long middle 



