18 A. von Pelzeln on Birds in 



5. Tinnunculus sparverius (Linn.). (265.) 



Male ? (Tobago Hawk) not agreeing with Latham's descrip- 

 tion (New York Merlin, Synop. i. 107, 93, var. A ; Little 

 Falcon, /. c. 110. n. 94; St. Domingo Falcon, I.e. Ill, 95). 



6. Ieracidea nov^ zeei-andi^e (Gmel.). (1295.) 



New Zealand Falcon, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. 57. 38 (nee tab.). 



Falco novae zeelandiae, Gmel. Syst. i. 268. 



Falco novae zelandiae, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 28. 62. 



Falco harpe, Forst. Descr. 68 et Icon. ined. 36, 37, 38. 



Falco brunneus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, 139. 



Hieracidea novae-zealandiae, Kaup, Isis, 1847, 80; Gray, 

 Ibis, 1862, 214; Euller, Trans, and Proc. N. Zeal. Inst. i. 

 106 (H. brunnea is the young of H. novae-zeal.) ; Hutton, 

 ibid. 160 ; Finsch, Journ. f. Ornith. 1870, 243. 



Hieracidea brunnea (Gould), Gray, Gen. B. ii. 15. 



Hawk, S. Seas, Sale Cat. n. 2219 (old invent.). 



A young bird in the dress called /. brunnea. Its total length 

 is 15"; the wing measures 9", the tail 7". 



7. Accipiter fuscus (Gmel.). (190.) 

 Striated Hawk, Jamaica, Sale Cat. n. 4497. 

 This specimen is no longer in the collection. 



STRIGIM]. 



8. Athene torquata (Daud.). 



Spectacle Owl, Lath. Gen. Synops. Suppl. i. 50. t. 107. 



Strix per spicillata, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 58, 24. 



The type of Latham's description and figure, now in our 

 museum, was originally in a collection of birds which was 

 brought from Cayenne, and then transferred to the Leverian 

 collection. The bird is in the transition from the white dress 

 of the young to the plumage of the adult. 



9. Syrnium cinereum (Gmel.). (88.) 



Sooty Owl, Penn. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 232. n. 120. 

 Cinereous Owl, Lath. Gen. Synops. i. 134. 19, et Suppl. 45. 

 Strix cinerea, Gmel. Syst. i. 291 ; Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 58. 22. 

 Strix fuliginosa, Shaw, Mus. Lever. (1796) t. 

 Strix cinerea, Gmel. (H fuliginosa, Mus. Lever.), in the 

 inventorv. 



