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Genus Aquila, Auct. 



7. Aq. chrysacta. Falco chrysaetos, Linn. Golden Eagle, Lath. 

 Colonel Sykes's specimen differs so slightly from the European 



bird as not to justify its separation. 



8. Aq. hifasciata, Hardvvicke and Gray's Ind. Zool. 



Irides brownish yellow ochre. Sexes alike in plumage; non. 

 adult birds paler than adults. A whole rat found in the 

 stomach of one bird. A second bird was siiot by Colonel 

 Sykes at the dead carcase of a royal tiger ; but it had not 

 tasted the ban(|uet, as the stomach was empty. Length, in- 

 clusive of tail, 30 inches: tail 11 inches. 



Genus Hccmatornis, Vigors. 



9. Hcem. Bacha. Falco Bacha, Daud. pi. 22. Le Bacha, Le Vaill.,, 



Ois. d'Afr. pi. 15. 

 Colonel Sykes does not possess a specimen, but he identified a 

 specimen in the possession of a friend, shot in the Dukhun. 



Sub-Fam. Accipitrinn, Hatoks. 

 Genus Accipiter, Ray. Sparrotv Harvk. 



10. Accipiter Dukhunensis. Acc. supra fusco-brunneus, pliima- 



rum marghiibus pallidioribns, capite postico niichaqiie albo varie- 

 gatis ; subtics albus, pectore abdomineque nutis subrotiindatis 

 grandibus, femorum tectricibns parvis, rufescentibus striatis ; 

 redricibus fusco fasciatis, fasciis externarum co^ifertioribus ; 

 tarsis stibbrevibus. 



Irides stramineo-flavae, margine gracili nigro circumdatae. 

 Longitude corporis ]4| unc, caudcs 65, tarsi If. 

 Sexes alike in plumage. Resembles the Acc. fringillarius, but 

 differs in the longitudinal broad reddish patches on the breast, 

 in less red on the sides, in a black narrow streak down the 

 throat, in shorter wings, in the tail having six broad bars in- 

 stead of four, in the male bird being as large as the European 

 female, and finally in the shorter tarsi and centre toes. 



1 1 . Acc. Dussumieri. Falco Dussumieri, Temm., PI. Col. 308. female. 

 Irides bright yellow, with an exterior narrow margin of black. 



Wings short. Tail long and narrow, being only the width of the 

 upper feather. M. Temminck's specific characters are taken 

 from a female, the male being unknown. Colonel Sykes has 

 but one specimen, and that a female, the male being unknown 

 to him. Length, inclusive of tail, 12^ inches: tail 6^ inches. 



Genus Astur, Auct. Goshawk. 



12. AsTUR Hyder. Ast. corpore supra et siihtils brunneo, dorso into 



riifescenti, plumarum rhachibus fuscis, alarum tectricibus albo 

 notatis ; abdomine maculis albisjasciato ; frontis fascia, gracili 

 guttureque albis, hoc lineis tribus latisjiiscis, una in medio, ccb- 

 teris utrinque ad latera, notato ; femorum tectricibus crissoque 

 albis, rufo fasciatis ; cauda supra rufa, fasciis quinque graci- 

 libus,fere obsoletis, alter dque prope basin latd, fuscis notatd; 



