68 ACCIPITEES. 



crossed with a broad black band near the tips, llie outer feather 

 on either side having a small black dot near the margin o£ the 

 inner web, the tips of all white, of less extent on the two central 

 feathers ; forehead whitish, sides of the face and ear-coverts 

 greyish — a blackish oblique stripe occasionally tinged with rufous, 

 on either side of the throat from the lores to opposite the ear- 

 coverts ; throat and all the under surface '^vhite ; the chest, sides, 

 and flanks washed with pale rufous, and having narrow shaft- 

 lines of tawny-rufous, which become blackish on the tips of the 

 feathers, widening into a narrow streak on the flanks ; axillaries 

 white with blackish brown stripe down the centre ; under surface 

 of the wings white, the blackish markings of the upper surface 

 showing through, the tips brown. Bill bluish horn-colour — 

 blackish at the tips — the base of the lower mandible yellowish ; 

 cere, orbits, and legs yellow; iris, hazel. Total length 12'5 

 inches, wing 9'4, tail G, tarsus l"55, bill 0'7, culmen 0'8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but having the head, rump, 

 and tail rufous, of the same tint as the body, the upper tail- 

 coverts tinged with bluish-grey towards the tip ; tail rufous, the 

 outer feathers of a paler tint, the inner webs white towards the 

 base, all the feathers crossed with narrow alternate bars, and a 

 Bubterminal broad band of black, and tipped with white, to a 

 greater extent on the outer ones, the shafts reddish brown ; the 

 whole of the head and neck striped with shaft-lines of black, 

 widening into somewhat triangular-shaped markings on the 

 interscapular region, smaller scapulars and median wing-coverts 

 having a triangular sj^ot of black near the tip, the secondaries 

 and larger scapulars barred on both webs with black ; shoulders 

 and smallest wing-coverts with a broad lanceolate stripe down 

 the centre ; a short broad stripe of blackish tinged with 

 rufous on either side of the throat f rona the lores ; facial features 

 more distinct than in the male ; the forehead, throat, and whole 

 of the under surface white, the chest, sides, and flanks washed 

 with pale rufous ; more of the feathers striped than in the male. 

 Total length 13-2 inches, wing lOo, tail <6-Q, tarsus 1-65, bill 

 0"7, culmen O'S. 



Young. The young of both sexes resemble the adult females, 

 but have the under surface of a dull white and a more extended 

 wash of rufous on the chest and sides, and the stripes more 

 numerous ; no tinge of bluish-grey on the upper tail coverts. 



Nestling, Eeg. No. B. 10157. "xlpparently about a week old, 

 taken from nest October 24th, 1883 ; iris blackish, bill and cere 

 white, legs and feet yellowish." Total length 37 inches, tarsus 

 0"8, bill from forehead 0'G5. Covered entirely with whitish 

 down, longest on the head. 



