104 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



Many fine Hemiptera remain still unexamined, and it is to 

 be hoped that ere long some one may be found able and 

 willing to examine and report on them, 



1. AsTUR soLOENsis (Lath.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 i. p. 114, pi. iv. fig. 1 (1874). 



A male of Horsfield's Short-toed Goshawk was obtained in 

 the neighbourhood of Cape Engaiio ; it is a nearly adult 

 bird, but the Hanks and outer tail-feathers are barred, and 

 there are a few barred feathers on the middle of the lower 

 breast. 



2. AcciPiTER GULARis (Temm. & Schleg.) ; Seebohm, B. 

 Japanese Emp. p. 205 (1890). 



Astur (Nisus) gularis, Temm. & Schleg. Fauna Japon., Aves, 

 p. 5, pi. ii. [c? & ? ad.] (1845). 



Accipiter nisoides, Blyth, J. As, Soc. Beng. xvi, p, 727 

 (1847) ; Gurney, List Diurn, B, of Prey, App, O, p. 165 

 (1884). 



Accipiter stevensoni, Gurney, Ibis, 1863, p. 447, pi. xi. [ J ] . 



Mr. Whitehead procured a fine adult female of this 

 Sparrow-Hawk on the island of Fuga, The identification of 

 this specimen has led me to make a very careful examination 

 of the large series of specimens of so called Accipiter virgatus 

 now forming part of the British Museum collection. Being 

 anxious to arrive at an independent opinion on the somewhat 

 intricate question as to whether all the birds included under 

 this name were really all local forms of one and the same 

 species, I measured and examined all the adult and many of 

 the immature examples before looking up what had been 

 written on this subject since the publication of Dr. Sharpe's 

 standard work (Cat. Birds, vol. i.) in 1874. I now find that 

 the conclusions at which I have arrived are practically those 

 already published by Gurney ('List of Diurnal Birds of 

 Prey,' App. O, pp. 165-177, 1884). On certain minor 

 points I should, however, like to offer some remarks and 

 to make a few corrections, more especially as the number of 

 specimens has enormously increased, thanks to the mag- 

 nificent donations received during the last ten years. 



