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and Asia north of the Himalayas; extending further south in winter, 

 but represented in South Africa by A. rufiventris and A. ovampen- 

 sis with white-spotted rectrices. It is bhiish-grey above, with 

 white mottlings on the nape and rufous cheeks, the white-tipped 

 tail exhibiting from three to five dark bands, and the buffish-white 

 under parts red-brown bars. Other species are blacker or browner, 

 or more rufous below ; A. riibricollis and A. erytlirauchen of the 

 Moluccas have the nape red ; the latter, A. rhodogaster of Celebes, 



Fig. 40. Nest of Sparrow -Hawk. Accijnter nisus. (From Poachers.) 



A. virgatus of India and East Asia (including A. niso'ides), A. 

 hartlauli of the Gaboon, and A. ventral is of Venezuela, Colombia, 

 and Ecuador, have nearly uniform ruddy under parts ; A. erythro- 

 cnemis of Brazil and Bolivia, and A. cliionogastcr, ranging from 

 Guatemala to Venezuela are almost white beneath ; A. hicolor of 

 Central and Soiith America having grey-blue for the white. A. 

 melanoleucus of North -East, West, and South Africa is deep 

 black, with brown bars on the rectrices, and some white on the 



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