120 SENEGAL SPARROW-HAWK. 



of the body. The ground colour of the tail in 

 grey above and dull white beneath ; the middle 

 feathers are not marked, but the lateral have seven 

 black bars, that at the tip being hardly broader than 

 the others ; the outer feather has eleven, which are 

 paler and narrower. The cere and feet are fine 

 yellow. The tail is rounded, and the wings reach 

 to half its length ; the second quill is a little longer 

 than the sixth, the third, fourth, and fifth quills 

 are nearly of the same length; the fourth barely 

 exceeding the two others. 



Total length, 11^ inches ; bill, from the gape, T % ; 

 wings, 7 j tails (beyond the wings), 3 ; from the 

 base, 6 ; tarsus, 1 T 7 0. 



The female differs materially in size and some- 

 what in colour from the male. The upper parts are 

 greyish-brown ; the ears and sides of the head are 

 striped, but the space between the bill and eye is 

 entirely white ; the chin is also white, and has the 

 central stripe darker and more lengthened ; the 

 transverse bands on the breast ascend higher up on 

 the neck, and they are broader and more close to- 

 gether ; there are five of these bands upon each of 

 the breast-feathers. The two middle tail-feathers 

 are without any bars ; the three next (on each side) 

 have six, broad and black ; while the two outermost 

 have nine, paler and narrower, and which do not 

 extend across to the outer web; the band nearest 

 the tips is broadest,, and the terminal margin in 

 both sexes is white. The black bands upon the 

 inner shaft of the quills, which in the male are 



