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parts dull brown ; the feathers of nape all white towards quills ; 

 chin and throat pure white ; sides of neck white, with narrow 

 transverse brown bands ; breast and belly white, banded trans- 

 Tersely with brown, the bands few towards the middle, but 

 numerous on the sides ; under tail coverts white, irregularly 

 crossed by a few narrow brownish lines ; thighs tawny white, 

 with broa'dish transverse brown bands. Primary wing feathers 

 brown, banded on the inner vanes by black towards their tips, 

 and by black and nearly clear white towards quills ; secondaries 

 the same as primaries, with the exception of the white being 

 more abundant on the inner vanes. Tail slightly rounded, of a 

 light brown colour, and crossed by four broad blackish bands, 

 the tips of all the feathers more or less white ; legs and toes 

 yellow ; claws black. Length fourteen inches and a half ; the 

 female nineteen inches and a half. 



Young. Above brown, feathers edged and tipt with rufous ; 

 throat white, with a longitudinal black stripe ; under parts 

 white with longitudinal black blotches. 



Inhabits South Africa. 



Le Tachiro, Le Vaill. Ois. d' Afriq. pi. 29. 



Accipiter Francesii. Head and hinder part of neck blue- 

 grey ; back and shoulders dark slate-colour ; sides of neck 

 fight blue-grey ; under parts and insides of shoulders pure white ; 

 wing feathers brownish black, inner vanes near quills white with 

 narrow transverse black bands. Tail, above a dark slate colour 

 with a greenish tinge, the lateral feathers of a lighter tint with 

 their inner vanes tinged brown, beneath white, more or fewer of 

 the feathers with five or six transverse black bands on the inner 

 vanes, the outer feather of each side with the bands scarcely 

 perceptible, the tips a dull white. Upper mandible horn-co- 

 loured, lightest towards the point ; under mandible yellow; legs 

 and toes yellow ; claws black. Length from bill to tip of tail 

 eleven inches. 



Inhabits Madagascar. 



To Lady Frances Cole I am indebted for the only specimen I possess 

 of this apparently undescribed species, and the name it bears in the 

 South African Museum is an indication of the high respect entertained for 

 Her Ladyship as a well known and zealous Patroness of Science. 



Accipiter mmicus. Head, neck, and breast, light bluish 

 grey ; back and scapulars dark slate-colour ; upper tail coverts 

 white ; shoulders silver grey, finely mottled with black. Pri- 

 mary wing converts hoary, inclined"to greyish black ; secondary 

 coverts white, mottled with narrow tortuous black lines. Pri- 

 mary wing feathers brownish black, variegated on inner vanes 

 towards quills with lines or streaks of white ; secondaries pure 



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