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3. ACCIPITER TACHIRO. The speckled Sparrow -Hawk. 



Accipiter tachiro G. R. Gray, List Birds, Brit. Mus. i. p. 36. 

 Falco tachiro Daud. Tr. d'Orn. ii. p. 90. 

 Falco polyzonos Temm. MSS. 

 Nisus polyzonos Less. Tr. D'Orn. p. 58. 

 Falco unduliventur Rupp. Faun. Abyss, t. 18. f. 1. 

 Nisus tachiro Cuv. Reg. An. (1829) p. 334.; Kaup, his, (1847) 

 p. 176. 



Levaill. Ois. dAfr. t. 24. ; PL col. 337. 420. 



a. South Africa, young male. From M. Verreaux' Collection. 



b. South Africa, very young. From M. Verreaux' Collection. 



c. South Africa, male. From the South African Museum. 



d. South Africa, female. From the South African Museum. 



4. ACCIPITER RUFIVENTRIS. The red-bellied Hawk. 



Accipiter rufiventris A. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. (1830) 



p. 231. ; III. Zool. S. Afr. Birds, pi. 93. 

 Falco exilis Temm.pl. col. 496. 

 Falco perspicillaris Rupp. Faun. Abyss, t. 18. f. 2. 

 Nisus perspicillaris Kaup, Mus. Senckenb. (1845) p. 259. 



a. Cat River, South Africa, male. From M. Verreaux' Col- 



lection. 



b. Knysma, South Africa, male. From M. Verreaux' Collec- 



tion. 



c. Shoa, N. E. Africa. Presented by the Hon. East India 



Company. 



5. ACCIPITUR FUSCUS. The American brown Hawk. 



Accipiter fuscus G. R. Gray, List, of Birds, Brit. Mus. i. p. 38. 



Falco fuscus Gmel. S. N. i. p. 280. 



Accipiter striatus Vieill. Ois. de I Amer. Septr. t. 14. 



Nisus Malfini Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 58. 



Falco pennsylvanicus Wils. Amer. Orn. pi. 46. f. 1. 



Nisus pennsylvanicus Cuv. Reg. An. (1829) p. 334. 



Accipiter pennsylvanicus Swains. Classif. of B. ii. p. 215. 



Falco velox Wils. Amer. Orn. pi. 45. f. 1. 



Sparvius lineatus Vieill. Encyc. Meth. p. 1266. 



Falco dubius Gmel. S. N. i. p. 281. ? 



Falco obscurus Gmel. S. N. i. p. 281. ? 



Sparvius striatus Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. x. p. 325. 



Sparvius ardosiaceus Vieill. Encyc. Meth. p. 1274. ; Kaup. 



Accipiter mexicanus Swains. Faun. Bor. Amer. ii. p. 45. ? 



