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scarcely visible on their under surface, are here 

 very strong; there are four on the first quill and 

 seven on the next, exclusive of the black space at 

 the end of each. The inner wing -covers, on the 

 other hand, have about three oval transverse black 

 spots in the middle of each feather, without any of 

 the narrow fawn bands seen in the male. 



The dimensions of the female are as follows : 

 Total length about 12^ inches ; bill, from the gape, 

 T 8 s ; wings, 7f ; tail, beyond, 3 T 2 <j ; from the base, 

 6 ; tarsus, 2. 



LITTLE RED-BILLED HAWK. 



Accipiter erythrorhyncus, SWAINS. 



Cinereous, paler on the chin, throat, and breast ; body, thighs, 

 and inner wing-covers, white, with numerous grey bars ; 

 tail with four blackish bands; the base and covers pure 

 white ; feet and base of the bill, red. 



Le Gabar, Le VailL, Ois. VAfrique, i. PI. 33. p. 136. 



THE celebrated Le Vaillant first discovered this 

 beautiful Hawk during his travels in Southern 

 Africa, and it was subsequently introduced into his 

 great work on the birds of that region. Ornitho- 

 logical painting was then, however, but in its in- 

 fancy ; and we must therefore not be surprised that 

 the figure which accompanies his description is very 

 poor. Le Vaillant mentions several districts in the 

 interior where this bird was not uncommon; but 

 remarks, that he never observed it within the limits 



