FALCONID^:. 495 



2420. Accipiter nisus. 



Falco nisus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. ISO. 



Accipiter nisus, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 104 : Sharpe, Cat. B. i. 

 p. 132. 



Accipiter fringillaria, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1836, p. 97 (ex Kay). 



Accipiter nisosimilis, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 105 (ex Tickell). 



a f Smyrna, 1 December (H. E. Strickland) 1835. b 

 (Sir W. Jardine) 1844. c Madras (T. C. Jerdon) 1845. d f 

 Dumfriesshire (H. E. Strickland] 1845. e. 



2421. Accipiter fuscus. 



Falco fuscus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 280. 



Accipiter fuscus, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 108: Sharpe, Cat. B 

 i. p. 135. 



a $ Carlisle, Pennsylvania (8. F. Baird) 1847. I. 



2422. Accipiter chionogaster. 



Nisus (sen Accipiter) chionogaster, Kp. P. Z. S. 1851, p. 41. 



Accipiter chionogaster, Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 148. 



a (P. L. Sclater} 1848. 



This specimen agrees best with the Venezuelan form of this species. 

 In the 'Ornithological Synonyms' (p. 110) it stands as A. exilis, 

 Temm. ( = A. rufiventris, Smith.) 



2423. Accipiter rufiventris. 



Accipiter rufiventris, Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. i. p. 231 : 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 148. 



Accipiter exilis, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 110 (ex Temm.). 

 a (Arthur Strickland). 

 A South-African species. 



2424. Accipiter cirrhocephalus. 



Sparvius cirrhocephalus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. x. p. 329. 



Astur cirrhocephalus, Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 141. 



Falco melanops, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xii. (nom. inept, cf. 

 Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xi. p. 338). 



Accipiter melanops, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 111. 



a New South Wales (M'Donald) 1838. b Australia 

 (Arthur Strickland). 



